#B59FBF#B59FBF

#B59FBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.052 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FBF
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 13.98, -13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 19.43, 316.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0367 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.052 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8567, 38.3820, 54.5362)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FBF #A9BF9F

analogous

#A59FBF #B59FBF #BF9FB9

triadic

#B59FBF #BFB59F #9FBFB5

tetradic

#B59FBF #BFA59F #A9BF9F #9FB9BF

square

#B59FBF #BFA59F #A9BF9F #9FB9BF

split-complementary

#B59FBF #B9BF9F #9FBFA5

monochromatic

#7A5B89 #997AA7 #B59FBF #D1C4D7 #EEE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B59FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FBF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FBF	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.052 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd2',
    500: '#b59fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fbf;
$custom-light: #cbbbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73209,
    "c": 0.05158,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FBF

secondary

#DBE2D8

accent

#9E4762

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FBF

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

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