#B59EB6#B59EB6

#B59EB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.043 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EB6
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 12.77, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 15.79, 324.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.035 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.043 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7253, 37.6554, 49.4224)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EB6 #9FB69E

analogous

#A99EB6 #B59EB6 #B69EAB

triadic

#B59EB6 #B6B59E #9EB6B5

tetradic

#B59EB6 #B6A99E #9FB69E #9EABB6

square

#B59EB6 #B6A99E #9FB69E #9EABB6

split-complementary

#B59EB6 #ABB69E #9EB6A9

monochromatic

#7B5D7C #9A7B9C #B59EB6 #D0C1D0 #EAE4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B59EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EB6

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EB6	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.043 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacb',
    500: '#b59eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eb6;
$custom-light: #cbbacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 14.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.727,
    "c": 0.04288,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EB6

secondary

#D4DCD4

accent

#984D50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EB6

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

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