#B59FC0#B59FC0

#B59FC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.053 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B59FC0
RGB	rgb(181, 159, 192)
HSL	hsl(280, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 14.18, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 19.92, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.037 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.053 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9671, 38.4262, 55.1178)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B59FC0 #AAC09F

analogous

#A59FC0 #B59FC0 #C09FBB

triadic

#B59FC0 #C0B59F #9FC0B5

tetradic

#B59FC0 #C0A59F #AAC09F #9FBBC0

square

#B59FC0 #C0A59F #AAC09F #9FBBC0

split-complementary

#B59FC0 #BBC09F #9FC0A5

monochromatic

#7A5B8A #997AA8 #B59FC0 #D1C4D8 #EEE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B59FC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B59FC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B59FC0

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B59FC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B59FC0	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b59fc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 159, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.053 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbbd3',
    500: '#b59fc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b59fc0;
$custom-light: #cbbbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b59fc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.05281,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B59FC0

secondary

#DCE2D9

accent

#9F4664

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B59FC0

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

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