#B59EB3#B59EB3

#B59EB3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.040 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EB3
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(305, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 12.20, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 14.45, 327.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0339 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.04 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4186, 37.5328, 47.8071)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EB3 #9EB5A0

analogous

#AC9EB5 #B59EB3 #B59EA8

triadic

#B59EB3 #B3B59E #9EB3B5

tetradic

#B59EB3 #B5AC9E #9EB5A0 #9EA8B5

square

#B59EB3 #B5AC9E #9EB5A0 #9EA8B5

split-complementary

#B59EB3 #A8B59E #9EB5AC

monochromatic

#7B5E78 #9B7B98 #B59EB3 #CFC1CE #EAE3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B59EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EB3

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EB3	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.040 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbac9',
    500: '#b59eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eb3;
$custom-light: #cbbac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.03968,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EB3

secondary

#D4DBD4

accent

#98544E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EB3

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

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