#B39ADD#B39ADD

#B39ADD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39ADD
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 22.53, -30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 38.03, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.051 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.099 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1944, 37.9153, 73.4354)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39ADD #C4DD9A

analogous

#9AA2DD #B39ADD #D49ADD

triadic

#B39ADD #DDB39A #9ADDB3

tetradic

#B39ADD #DD9AA2 #C4DD9A #9ADDD4

square

#B39ADD #DD9AA2 #C4DD9A #9ADDD4

split-complementary

#B39ADD #DDD49A #A2DD9A

monochromatic

#6E40BD #916CCE #B39ADD #D5C8EC #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B39ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B39ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39ADD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39ADD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8e7',
    500: '#b39add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39add;
$custom-light: #cab8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.388,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73256,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39ADD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BD2986

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39ADD

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

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