#B59EB2#B59EB2

#B59EB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.039 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EB2
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(308, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 12.01, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 14.02, 328.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0336 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.039 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3178, 37.4925, 47.2764)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EB2 #9EB5A1

analogous

#AD9EB5 #B59EB2 #B59EA7

triadic

#B59EB2 #B2B59E #9EB2B5

tetradic

#B59EB2 #B5AD9E #9EB5A1 #9EA7B5

square

#B59EB2 #B5AD9E #9EB5A1 #9EA7B5

split-complementary

#B59EB2 #A7B59E #9EB5AD

monochromatic

#7B5E77 #9B7B96 #B59EB2 #CFC1CE #EAE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B59EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EB2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EB2	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.039 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbac9',
    500: '#b59eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eb2;
$custom-light: #cbbac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72566,
    "c": 0.03866,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EB2

secondary

#D4DBD5

accent

#98584E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EB2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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