#B39AE2#B39AE2

#B39AE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39AE2
RGB	rgb(179, 154, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 32%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 23.66, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 40.68, 305.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0523 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.105 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8705, 38.1857, 76.9961)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39AE2 #C9E29A

analogous

#9AA5E2 #B39AE2 #D79AE2

triadic

#B39AE2 #E2B39A #9AE2B3

tetradic

#B39AE2 #E29AA5 #C9E29A #9AE2D7

square

#B39AE2 #E29AA5 #C9E29A #9AE2D7

split-complementary

#B39AE2 #E2D79A #A5E29A

monochromatic

#6B3BC7 #8F6AD4 #B39AE2 #D7CAF0 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B39AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#B39AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39AE2

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39AE2	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 154, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8eb',
    500: '#b39ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39ae2;
$custom-light: #cab8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 55.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39AE2

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C3238B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39AE2

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

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