#B59EB4#B59EB4

#B59EB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.041 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EB4
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 12.39, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 14.89, 326.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0343 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.041 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5201, 37.5734, 48.3416)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EB4 #9EB59F

analogous

#AB9EB5 #B59EB4 #B59EA9

triadic

#B59EB4 #B4B59E #9EB4B5

tetradic

#B59EB4 #B5AB9E #9EB59F #9EA9B5

square

#B59EB4 #B5AB9E #9EB59F #9EA9B5

split-complementary

#B59EB4 #A9B59E #9EB5AB

monochromatic

#7B5E7A #9B7B99 #B59EB4 #CFC1CF #EAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B59EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B59EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EB4

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EB4	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)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.041 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbaca',
    500: '#b59eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eb4;
$custom-light: #cbbaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.04072,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EB4

secondary

#D4DBD4

accent

#98514E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EB4

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

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