#B59EB5#B59EB5

#B59EB5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.042 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EB5
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 12.58, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 15.34, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0347 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.042 326)
XYZ	xyz(39.6223, 37.6143, 48.8801)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EB5 #9EB59E

analogous

#AA9EB5 #B59EB5 #B59EAA

triadic

#B59EB5 #B5B59E #9EB5B5

tetradic

#B59EB5 #B5AA9E #9EB59E #9EAAB5

square

#B59EB5 #B5AA9E #9EB59E #9EAAB5

split-complementary

#B59EB5 #AAB59E #9EB5AA

monochromatic

#7B5E7B #9B7B9B #B59EB5 #CFC1CF #EAE3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B59EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EB5

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EB5	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.042 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacb',
    500: '#b59eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eb5;
$custom-light: #cbbacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.04179,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.37614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EB5

secondary

#D4DBD4

accent

#984E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EB5

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

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