#B59FB4#B59FB4

#B59FB4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.039 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FB4
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(303, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 11.84, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 14.22, 326.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0328 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.039 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6913, 37.9159, 48.3987)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FB4 #9FB5A0

analogous

#AB9FB5 #B59FB4 #B59FA9

triadic

#B59FB4 #B4B59F #9FB4B5

tetradic

#B59FB4 #B5AB9F #9FB5A0 #9FA9B5

square

#B59FB4 #B5AB9F #9FB5A0 #9FA9B5

split-complementary

#B59FB4 #A9B59F #9FB5AB

monochromatic

#7B5F7A #9A7C99 #B59FB4 #D0C2CF #EAE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B59FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B59FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FB4

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FB4	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.039 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbca',
    500: '#b59fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fb4;
$custom-light: #cbbbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.03889,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FB4

secondary

#D4DBD5

accent

#97524E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FB4

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

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