#B39BCD#B39BCD

#B39BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.076 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BCD
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 18.45, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 28.97, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0449 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.076 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3291, 37.4344, 62.7940)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BCD #B5CD9B

analogous

#9B9CCD #B39BCD #CC9BCD

triadic

#B39BCD #CDB39B #9BCDB3

tetradic

#B39BCD #CD9B9C #B5CD9B #9BCDCC

square

#B39BCD #CD9B9C #B5CD9B #9BCDCC

split-complementary

#B39BCD #CDCC9B #9CCD9B

monochromatic

#754F9E #9472B9 #B39BCD #D2C4E1 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B39BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B39BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BCD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BCD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.076 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8dc',
    500: '#b39bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bcd;
$custom-light: #cab8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BCD

secondary

#E2E9DB

accent

#AC3975

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BCD

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

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