#B59EBF#B59EBF

#B59EBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.053 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EBF
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 14.54, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 20.09, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0382 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.053 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6854, 38.0395, 54.4791)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EBF #A8BF9E

analogous

#A49EBF #B59EBF #BF9EB8

triadic

#B59EBF #BFB59E #9EBFB5

tetradic

#B59EBF #BFA49E #A8BF9E #9EB8BF

square

#B59EBF #BFA49E #A8BF9E #9EB8BF

split-complementary

#B59EBF #B8BF9E #9EBFA4

monochromatic

#7A5A89 #9979A7 #B59EBF #D1C3D7 #EDE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#B59EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EBF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EBF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.053 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad2',
    500: '#b59ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ebf;
$custom-light: #cbbad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.818,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.05338,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EBF

secondary

#DAE1D7

accent

#9F4761

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EBF

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

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