#B39ABA#B39ABA

#B39ABA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.054 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39ABA
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(287, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 15.09, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 20.00, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0403 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.054 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0076, 36.2406, 51.3851)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39ABA #A1BA9A

analogous

#A39ABA #B39ABA #BA9AB1

triadic

#B39ABA #BAB39A #9ABAB3

tetradic

#B39ABA #BAA39A #A1BA9A #9AB1BA

square

#B39ABA #BAA39A #A1BA9A #9AB1BA

split-complementary

#B39ABA #B1BA9A #9ABAA3

monochromatic

#785881 #9876A1 #B39ABA #CEBED3 #EAE3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B39ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B39ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39ABA

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39ABA	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.054 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab7ce',
    500: '#b39aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39aba;
$custom-light: #cab7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71875,
    "c": 0.05352,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39ABA

secondary

#D5DDD3

accent

#9D485B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39ABA

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

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