#B59EBD#B59EBD

#B59EBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.051 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EBD
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(285, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 14.14, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 19.11, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0375 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.051 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4668, 37.9521, 53.3279)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EBD #A6BD9E

analogous

#A59EBD #B59EBD #BD9EB5

triadic

#B59EBD #BDB59E #9EBDB5

tetradic

#B59EBD #BDA59E #A6BD9E #9EB5BD

square

#B59EBD #BDA59E #A6BD9E #9EB5BD

split-complementary

#B59EBD #B5BD9E #9EBDA5

monochromatic

#7B5B86 #997AA4 #B59EBD #D1C2D6 #EDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B59EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EBD

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EBD	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.051 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad0',
    500: '#b59ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ebd;
$custom-light: #cbbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.05096,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EBD

secondary

#D9E0D7

accent

#9D485E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EBD

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

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