#B59EB8#B59EB8

#B59EB8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.045 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EB8
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 184)
HSL	hsl(293, 15%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(293, 14%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 13.16, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 16.71, 321.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0357 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.045 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9334, 37.7387, 50.5187)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EB8 #A1B89E

analogous

#A89EB8 #B59EB8 #B89EAE

triadic

#B59EB8 #B8B59E #9EB8B5

tetradic

#B59EB8 #B8A89E #A1B89E #9EAEB8

square

#B59EB8 #B8A89E #A1B89E #9EAEB8

split-complementary

#B59EB8 #AEB89E #9EB8A8

monochromatic

#7B5D7F #9A7B9E #B59EB8 #D0C1D2 #EBE5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B59EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B59EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EB8

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EB8	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.045 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacd',
    500: '#b59eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eb8;
$custom-light: #cbbacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 15.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.04511,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EB8

secondary

#D6DDD5

accent

#9A4C55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EB8

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

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