#B39BB9#B39BB9

#B39BB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.051 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BB9
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(288, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 14.33, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 18.84, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0384 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.051 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0674, 36.5297, 50.8824)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BB9 #A1B99B

analogous

#A49BB9 #B39BB9 #B99BB0

triadic

#B39BB9 #B9B39B #9BB9B3

tetradic

#B39BB9 #B9A49B #A1B99B #9BB0B9

square

#B39BB9 #B9A49B #A1B99B #9BB0B9

split-complementary

#B39BB9 #B0B99B #9BB9A4

monochromatic

#785A80 #9877A0 #B39BB9 #CEBFD2 #EAE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B39BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B39BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BB9

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BB9	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.051 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8ce',
    500: '#b39bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bb9;
$custom-light: #cab8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.05051,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BB9

secondary

#D5DDD3

accent

#9C4A5A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BB9

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

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