#B59FBB#B59FBB

#B59FBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.047 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FBB
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(287, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 13.19, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 17.47, 319.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0353 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.047 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4225, 38.2084, 52.2496)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FBB #A5BB9F

analogous

#A79FBB #B59FBB #BB9FB3

triadic

#B59FBB #BBB59F #9FBBB5

tetradic

#B59FBB #BBA79F #A5BB9F #9FB3BB

square

#B59FBB #BBA79F #A5BB9F #9FB3BB

split-complementary

#B59FBB #B3BB9F #9FBBA7

monochromatic

#7B5D83 #997BA2 #B59FBB #D1C3D4 #ECE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B59FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FBB

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FBB	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.047 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbcf',
    500: '#b59fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fbb;
$custom-light: #cbbbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.04676,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FBB

secondary

#D8DFD7

accent

#9B4A5C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FBB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →