#B59FB2#B59FB2

#B59FB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.037 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FB2
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(308, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 11.46, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 13.35, 329.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.032 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.037 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4891, 37.8350, 47.3335)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FB2 #9FB5A2

analogous

#AD9FB5 #B59FB2 #B59FA7

triadic

#B59FB2 #B2B59F #9FB2B5

tetradic

#B59FB2 #B5AD9F #9FB5A2 #9FA7B5

square

#B59FB2 #B5AD9F #9FB5A2 #9FA7B5

split-complementary

#B59FB2 #A7B59F #9FB5AD

monochromatic

#7B5F77 #9A7C96 #B59FB2 #D0C2CE #EAE4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B59FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FB2

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FB2	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.037 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbc9',
    500: '#b59fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fb2;
$custom-light: #cbbbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.03683,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FB2

secondary

#D4DBD5

accent

#97584E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FB2

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

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