#B39BDD#B39BDD

#B39BDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.097 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BDD
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(262, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 21.97, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 37.39, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0495 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.097 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3601, 38.2468, 73.4906)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BDD #C5DD9B

analogous

#9BA4DD #B39BDD #D49BDD

triadic

#B39BDD #DDB39B #9BDDB3

tetradic

#B39BDD #DD9BA4 #C5DD9B #9BDDD4

square

#B39BDD #DD9BA4 #C5DD9B #9BDDD4

split-complementary

#B39BDD #DDD49B #A4DD9B

monochromatic

#6E40BD #906DCD #B39BDD #D6C9ED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B39BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B39BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BDD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BDD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.097 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8e7',
    500: '#b39bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bdd;
$custom-light: #cab8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BDD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BD2987

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BDD

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

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