#B59FBD#B59FBD

#B59FBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.049 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FBD
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 13.59, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 18.44, 317.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.036 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.049 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.6381, 38.2946, 53.3850)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FBD #A7BD9F

analogous

#A69FBD #B59FBD #BD9FB6

triadic

#B59FBD #BDB59F #9FBDB5

tetradic

#B59FBD #BDA69F #A7BD9F #9FB6BD

square

#B59FBD #BDA69F #A7BD9F #9FB6BD

split-complementary

#B59FBD #B6BD9F #9FBDA6

monochromatic

#7B5C86 #997BA4 #B59FBD #D1C3D6 #EDE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B59FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#B59FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FBD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FBD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.049 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd0',
    500: '#b59fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fbd;
$custom-light: #cbbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.04915,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.38294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FBD

secondary

#DAE0D7

accent

#9D495F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FBD

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

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