#A39BBD#A39BBD

#A39BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.050 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39BBD
RGB	rgb(163, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(254, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 9.75, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 19.15, 300.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0217 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.05 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0090, 34.9032, 52.9742)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39BBD #B5BD9B

analogous

#9BA4BD #A39BBD #B49BBD

triadic

#A39BBD #BDA39B #9BBDA3

tetradic

#A39BBD #BD9BA4 #B5BD9B #9BBDB4

square

#A39BBD #BD9BA4 #B5BD9B #9BBDB4

split-complementary

#A39BBD #BDB49B #A4BD9B

monochromatic

#635885 #8176A5 #A39BBD #C5C0D5 #E7E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A39BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A39BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A39BBD

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39BBD	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.050 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb8d1',
    500: '#a39bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39bbd;
$custom-light: #beb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70776,
    "c": 0.04974,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39BBD

secondary

#DDDFD5

accent

#9F478A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39BBD

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

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