#B39BBD#B39BBD

#B39BBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.055 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BBD
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(282, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(282, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 15.13, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 20.80, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0398 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.055 316)
XYZ	xyz(39.4956, 36.7010, 53.1376)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BBD #A5BD9B

analogous

#A29BBD #B39BBD #BD9BB6

triadic

#B39BBD #BDB39B #9BBDB3

tetradic

#B39BBD #BDA29B #A5BD9B #9BB6BD

square

#B39BBD #BDA29B #A5BD9B #9BB6BD

split-complementary

#B39BBD #B6BD9B #9BBDA2

monochromatic

#785885 #9776A5 #B39BBD #CFC0D5 #EBE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B39BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#B39BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BBD

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BBD	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.055 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8d1',
    500: '#b39bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bbd;
$custom-light: #cab8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.05531,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.36701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BBD

secondary

#D8DFD5

accent

#9F4761

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BBD

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

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