#B59FBE#B59FBE

#B59FBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.050 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FBE
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 13.78, -12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 18.93, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0363 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.05 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7470, 38.3382, 53.9586)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FBE #A8BE9F

analogous

#A59FBE #B59FBE #BE9FB7

triadic

#B59FBE #BEB59F #9FBEB5

tetradic

#B59FBE #BEA59F #A8BE9F #9FB7BE

square

#B59FBE #BEA59F #A8BE9F #9FB7BE

split-complementary

#B59FBE #B7BE9F #9FBEA5

monochromatic

#7A5B87 #997BA5 #B59FBE #D1C3D7 #EDE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B59FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FBE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FBE	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.050 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd1',
    500: '#b59fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fbe;
$custom-light: #cbbbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.581,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.05036,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FBE

secondary

#DAE1D8

accent

#9E4861

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FBE

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

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