#B39BD2#B39BD2

#B39BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.082 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BD2
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 19.53, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 31.59, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0464 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.082 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9423, 37.6796, 66.0236)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BD2 #BAD29B

analogous

#9B9FD2 #B39BD2 #CF9BD2

triadic

#B39BD2 #D2B39B #9BD2B3

tetradic

#B39BD2 #D29B9F #BAD29B #9BD2CF

square

#B39BD2 #D29B9F #BAD29B #9BD2CF

split-complementary

#B39BD2 #D2CF9B #9FD29B

monochromatic

#734BA7 #9371BF #B39BD2 #D3C5E5 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B39BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#B39BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BD2

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BD2	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.082 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8e0',
    500: '#b39bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bd2;
$custom-light: #cab8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72984,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BD2

secondary

#E5EBDD

accent

#B1357B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BD2

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

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