#B39CC6#B39CC6

#B39CC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.065 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39CC6
RGB	rgb(179, 156, 198)
HSL	hsl(273, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 16.41, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 24.69, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0413 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.065 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6701, 37.4381, 58.4989)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39CC6 #AFC69C

analogous

#9E9CC6 #B39CC6 #C69CC4

triadic

#B39CC6 #C6B39C #9CC6B3

tetradic

#B39CC6 #C69E9C #AFC69C #9CC4C6

square

#B39CC6 #C69E9C #AFC69C #9CC4C6

split-complementary

#B39CC6 #C4C69C #9CC69E

monochromatic

#775593 #9575B0 #B39CC6 #D1C3DC #EFEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B39CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B39CC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39CC6

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39CC6	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 156, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.065 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9d7',
    500: '#b39cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39cc6;
$custom-light: #cab9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 26.923,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.06483,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39CC6

secondary

#DEE5D9

accent

#A6406E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39CC6

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

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