#B39BB7#B39BB7

#B39BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.048 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BB7
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(291, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(291, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 13.94, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 17.89, 321.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0377 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.048 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8578, 36.4458, 49.7783)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BB7 #9FB79B

analogous

#A59BB7 #B39BB7 #B79BAD

triadic

#B39BB7 #B7B39B #9BB7B3

tetradic

#B39BB7 #B7A59B #9FB79B #9BADB7

square

#B39BB7 #B7A59B #9FB79B #9BADB7

split-complementary

#B39BB7 #ADB79B #9BB7A5

monochromatic

#785A7D #98779D #B39BB7 #CEBFD1 #E9E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B39BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B39BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BB7

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BB7	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.048 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8cc',
    500: '#b39bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bb7;
$custom-light: #cab8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.04819,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BB7

secondary

#D4DBD2

accent

#9B4B56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BB7

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

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