#B39BDB#B39BDB

#B39BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.094 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BDB
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 21.52, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 36.33, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.049 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.094 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0953, 38.1408, 72.0956)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BDB #C3DB9B

analogous

#9BA3DB #B39BDB #D39BDB

triadic

#B39BDB #DBB39B #9BDBB3

tetradic

#B39BDB #DB9BA3 #C3DB9B #9BDBD3

square

#B39BDB #DB9BA3 #C3DB9B #9BDBD3

split-complementary

#B39BDB #DBD39B #A3DB9B

monochromatic

#6F43B9 #916ECB #B39BDB #D5C8EB #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B39BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B39BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BDB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BDB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.094 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8e6',
    500: '#b39bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bdb;
$custom-light: #cab8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73358,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BDB

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BA2B85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BDB

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

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