#B39BDF#B39BDF

#B39BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BDF
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 22.42, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 38.45, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0501 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.1 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6282, 38.3540, 74.9023)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BDF #C7DF9B

analogous

#9BA5DF #B39BDF #D59BDF

triadic

#B39BDF #DFB39B #9BDFB3

tetradic

#B39BDF #DF9BA5 #C7DF9B #9BDFD5

square

#B39BDF #DF9BA5 #C7DF9B #9BDFD5

split-complementary

#B39BDF #DFD59B #A5DF9B

monochromatic

#6D3EC1 #906DD0 #B39BDF #D6C9EE #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B39BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B39BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BDF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BDF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab8e9',
    500: '#b39bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bdf;
$custom-light: #cab8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BDF

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2789

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BDF

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

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