#B59EBB#B59EBB

#B59EBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.049 H 319.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EBB
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 187)
HSL	hsl(288, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(288, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 13.75, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 18.14, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0368 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.049 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2512, 37.8658, 52.1925)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EBB #A4BB9E

analogous

#A69EBB #B59EBB #BB9EB3

triadic

#B59EBB #BBB59E #9EBBB5

tetradic

#B59EBB #BBA69E #A4BB9E #9EB3BB

square

#B59EBB #BBA69E #A4BB9E #9EB3BB

split-complementary

#B59EBB #B3BB9E #9EBBA6

monochromatic

#7B5C83 #9A7AA2 #B59EBB #D0C2D4 #ECE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B59EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EBB

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EBB	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.049 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbacf',
    500: '#b59ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ebb;
$custom-light: #cbbacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.04858,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EBB

secondary

#D8DFD6

accent

#9C4A5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EBB

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

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