#B39BB2#B39BB2

#B39BB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.043 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BB2
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(303, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, 12.98, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 15.59, 326.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0359 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.043 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3466, 36.2414, 47.0860)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BB2 #9BB39C

analogous

#A89BB3 #B39BB2 #B39BA6

triadic

#B39BB2 #B2B39B #9BB2B3

tetradic

#B39BB2 #B3A89B #9BB39C #9BA6B3

square

#B39BB2 #B3A89B #9BB39C #9BA6B3

split-complementary

#B39BB2 #A6B39B #9BB3A8

monochromatic

#785B77 #997897 #B39BB2 #CDBECD #E8E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B39BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#B39BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BB2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BB2	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)

#9AA0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.043 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b8c9',
    500: '#b39bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bb2;
$custom-light: #c9b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71792,
    "c": 0.04266,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BB2

secondary

#D1D9D1

accent

#98514E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BB2

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

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