#A39BBB#A39BBB

#A39BBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.047 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39BBB
RGB	rgb(163, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(255, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 9.32, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 18.06, 301.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.021 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.047 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7934, 34.8169, 51.8387)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39BBB #B3BB9B

analogous

#9BA3BB #A39BBB #B39BBB

triadic

#A39BBB #BBA39B #9BBBA3

tetradic

#A39BBB #BB9BA3 #B3BB9B #9BBBB3

square

#A39BBB #BB9BA3 #B3BB9B #9BBBB3

split-complementary

#A39BBB #BBB39B #A3BB9B

monochromatic

#635983 #8177A2 #A39BBB #C5BFD4 #E6E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A39BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A39BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A39BBB

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39BBB	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.047 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb8cf',
    500: '#a39bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39bbb;
$custom-light: #beb8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70701,
    "c": 0.04691,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39BBB

secondary

#DBDED4

accent

#9D4888

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39BBB

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

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