#B59EBC#B59EBC

#B59EBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.050 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EBC
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 13.94, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 18.62, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0371 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.05 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3587, 37.9088, 52.7582)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EBC #A5BC9E

analogous

#A69EBC #B59EBC #BC9EB4

triadic

#B59EBC #BCB59E #9EBCB5

tetradic

#B59EBC #BCA69E #A5BC9E #9EB4BC

square

#B59EBC #BCA69E #A5BC9E #9EB4BC

split-complementary

#B59EBC #B4BC9E #9EBCA6

monochromatic

#7B5B84 #997AA3 #B59EBC #D1C2D5 #ECE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B59EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EBC

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EBC	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.050 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad0',
    500: '#b59ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ebc;
$custom-light: #cbbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.04976,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EBC

secondary

#D8E0D6

accent

#9D495C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EBC

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

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