#B39BBF#B39BBF

#B39BBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.058 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BBF
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(280, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 15.53, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 21.79, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0404 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.058 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7142, 36.7884, 54.2888)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BBF #A7BF9B

analogous

#A19BBF #B39BBF #BF9BB9

triadic

#B39BBF #BFB39B #9BBFB3

tetradic

#B39BBF #BFA19B #A7BF9B #9BB9BF

square

#B39BBF #BFA19B #A7BF9B #9BB9BF

split-complementary

#B39BBF #B9BF9B #9BBFA1

monochromatic

#785788 #9776A7 #B39BBF #CFC0D7 #ECE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B39BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#B39BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BBF

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BBF	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.058 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8d2',
    500: '#b39bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bbf;
$custom-light: #cab8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BBF

secondary

#D9E0D5

accent

#A04564

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BBF

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

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