#B59FB5#B59FB5

#B59FB5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.040 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FB5
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 181)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 12.03, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 14.67, 325.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0331 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.04 326)
XYZ	xyz(39.7936, 37.9568, 48.9372)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FB5 #9FB59F

analogous

#AA9FB5 #B59FB5 #B59FAA

triadic

#B59FB5 #B5B59F #9FB5B5

tetradic

#B59FB5 #B5AA9F #9FB59F #9FAAB5

square

#B59FB5 #B5AA9F #9FB59F #9FAAB5

split-complementary

#B59FB5 #AAB59F #9FB5AA

monochromatic

#7B5F7B #9A7C9A #B59FB5 #D0C2D0 #EAE4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#B59FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FB5

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FB5	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.040 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbcb',
    500: '#b59fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fb5;
$custom-light: #cbbbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.03995,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.37956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FB5

secondary

#D4DBD4

accent

#974E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FB5

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

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