#B59FBC#B59FBC

#B59FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.048 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FBC
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 13.39, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 17.95, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0356 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.048 318)
XYZ	xyz(40.5299, 38.2513, 52.8153)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FBC #A6BC9F

analogous

#A69FBC #B59FBC #BC9FB4

triadic

#B59FBC #BCB59F #9FBCB5

tetradic

#B59FBC #BCA69F #A6BC9F #9FB4BC

square

#B59FBC #BCA69F #A6BC9F #9FB4BC

split-complementary

#B59FBC #B4BC9F #9FBCA6

monochromatic

#7B5C84 #997BA3 #B59FBC #D1C3D5 #EDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B59FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FBC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FBC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.048 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd0',
    500: '#b59fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fbc;
$custom-light: #cbbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.04795,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.38251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FBC

secondary

#D9E0D7

accent

#9C495D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FBC

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

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