#B39BEF#B39BEF

#B39BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39BEF
RGB	rgb(179, 155, 239)
HSL	hsl(257, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 26.13, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 46.95, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.054 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.121 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8881, 39.2580, 86.8046)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39BEF #D7EF9B

analogous

#9BADEF #B39BEF #DD9BEF

triadic

#B39BEF #EFB39B #9BEFB3

tetradic

#B39BEF #EF9BAD #D7EF9B #9BEFDD

square

#B39BEF #EF9BAD #D7EF9B #9BEFDD

split-complementary

#B39BEF #EFDD9B #ADEF9B

monochromatic

#6331DE #8B66E7 #B39BEF #DBD0F7 #EBE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B39BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B39BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39BEF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39BEF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 155, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb8f4',
    500: '#b39bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39bef;
$custom-light: #cbb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74248,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39BEF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D4119D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39BEF

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

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