#B59FB6#B59FB6

#B59FB6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.041 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FB6
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 182)
HSL	hsl(297, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(297, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 12.22, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 15.12, 323.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0335 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.041 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8965, 37.9980, 49.4795)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FB6 #A0B69F

analogous

#AA9FB6 #B59FB6 #B69FAC

triadic

#B59FB6 #B6B59F #9FB6B5

tetradic

#B59FB6 #B6AA9F #A0B69F #9FACB6

square

#B59FB6 #B6AA9F #A0B69F #9FACB6

split-complementary

#B59FB6 #ACB69F #9FB6AA

monochromatic

#7B5E7C #9A7C9C #B59FB6 #D0C2D0 #EBE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B59FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B59FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FB6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FB6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.041 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbcb',
    500: '#b59fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fb6;
$custom-light: #cbbbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.391,
    "s": 13.609,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.04104,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FB6

secondary

#D5DCD5

accent

#984E51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FB6

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

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