#B39CCB#B39CCB

#B39CCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.071 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39CCB
RGB	rgb(179, 156, 203)
HSL	hsl(269, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 17.46, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 27.28, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0428 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.071 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2564, 37.6726, 61.5864)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39CCB #B4CB9C

analogous

#9C9CCB #B39CCB #CB9CCB

triadic

#B39CCB #CBB39C #9CCBB3

tetradic

#B39CCB #CB9C9C #B4CB9C #9CCBCB

square

#B39CCB #CB9C9C #B4CB9C #9CCBCB

split-complementary

#B39CCB #CBCB9C #9CCB9C

monochromatic

#76519B #9474B6 #B39CCB #D2C4E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B39CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B39CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39CCB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39CCB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 156, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.071 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9db',
    500: '#b39ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39ccb;
$custom-light: #cab9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.362,
    "s": 31.126,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72896,
    "c": 0.07134,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39CCB

secondary

#E2E8DB

accent

#AA3C74

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39CCB

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

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