#B59EBE#B59EBE

#B59EBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.052 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EBE
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 14.34, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 19.60, 317.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0378 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.052 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5757, 37.9956, 53.9016)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EBE #A7BE9E

analogous

#A59EBE #B59EBE #BE9EB7

triadic

#B59EBE #BEB59E #9EBEB5

tetradic

#B59EBE #BEA59E #A7BE9E #9EB7BE

square

#B59EBE #BEA59E #A7BE9E #9EB7BE

split-complementary

#B59EBE #B7BE9E #9EBEA5

monochromatic

#7B5B87 #9979A5 #B59EBE #D1C3D7 #EDE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B59EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EBE

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EBE	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.052 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad1',
    500: '#b59ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ebe;
$custom-light: #cbbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.125,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.05217,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EBE

secondary

#DAE1D7

accent

#9E4760

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EBE

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

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