#B59EC0#B59EC0

#B59EC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.055 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59EC0
RGB	rgb(181, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(281, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 14.74, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 20.59, 315.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0385 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.055 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7958, 38.0837, 55.0607)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59EC0 #A9C09E

analogous

#A49EC0 #B59EC0 #C09EBA

triadic

#B59EC0 #C0B59E #9EC0B5

tetradic

#B59EC0 #C0A49E #A9C09E #9EBAC0

square

#B59EC0 #C0A49E #A9C09E #9EBAC0

split-complementary

#B59EC0 #BAC09E #9EC0A4

monochromatic

#7A5A8A #9979A8 #B59EC0 #D1C3D8 #EEE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B59EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59EC0

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59EC0	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.055 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbad3',
    500: '#b59ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59ec0;
$custom-light: #cbbad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7305,
    "c": 0.05461,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59EC0

secondary

#DBE2D8

accent

#A04663

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59EC0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →