#B59EBA#B59EBA

#B59EBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.047 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EBA
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(289, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(289, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 13.55, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 17.66, 320.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0364 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.047 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1446, 37.8232, 51.6306)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EBA #A3BA9E

analogous

#A79EBA #B59EBA #BA9EB1

triadic

#B59EBA #BAB59E #9EBAB5

tetradic

#B59EBA #BAA79E #A3BA9E #9EB1BA

square

#B59EBA #BAA79E #A3BA9E #9EB1BA

split-complementary

#B59EBA #B1BA9E #9EBAA7

monochromatic

#7B5C81 #9A7AA1 #B59EBA #D0C2D3 #ECE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B59EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EBA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EBA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.047 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbace',
    500: '#b59eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59eba;
$custom-light: #cbbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.04741,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EBA

secondary

#D7DED6

accent

#9B4A59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EBA

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

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