#B39BEE#B39BEE

#B39BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BEE
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 25.90, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 46.42, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0537 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.12 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7408, 39.1990, 86.0287)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BEE #D6EE9B

analogous

#9BADEE #B39BEE #DC9BEE

triadic

#B39BEE #EEB39B #9BEEB3

tetradic

#B39BEE #EE9BAD #D6EE9B #9BEEDC

square

#B39BEE #EE9BAD #D6EE9B #9BEEDC

split-complementary

#B39BEE #EEDC9B #ADEE9B

monochromatic

#6332DC #8B67E5 #B39BEE #DBCFF7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B39BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B39BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BEE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BEE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8f4',
    500: '#b39bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bee;
$custom-light: #cbb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.349,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BEE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D3139B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BEE

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

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