#B59FB9#B59FB9

#B59FB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.044 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FB9
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 185)
HSL	hsl(291, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 12.80, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 16.51, 320.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0346 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.044 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2099, 38.1233, 51.1298)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FB9 #A3B99F

analogous

#A89FB9 #B59FB9 #B99FB0

triadic

#B59FB9 #B9B59F #9FB9B5

tetradic

#B59FB9 #B9A89F #A3B99F #9FB0B9

square

#B59FB9 #B9A89F #A3B99F #9FB0B9

split-complementary

#B59FB9 #B0B99F #9FB9A8

monochromatic

#7B5D80 #9A7C9F #B59FB9 #D0C2D3 #ECE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59FB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B59FB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FB9

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FB9	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#9DA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.044 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbce',
    500: '#b59fb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fb9;
$custom-light: #cbbbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 15.663,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.04443,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FB9

secondary

#D7DED6

accent

#9A4C58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FB9

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