#B39CD2#B39CD2

#B39CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.081 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39CD2
RGB	rgb(179, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(266, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 18.97, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 30.94, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.045 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.081 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1095, 38.0139, 66.0793)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39CD2 #BBD29C

analogous

#9CA0D2 #B39CD2 #CE9CD2

triadic

#B39CD2 #D2B39C #9CD2B3

tetradic

#B39CD2 #D29CA0 #BBD29C #9CD2CE

square

#B39CD2 #D29CA0 #BBD29C #9CD2CE

split-complementary

#B39CD2 #D2CE9C #A0D29C

monochromatic

#734CA7 #9372BF #B39CD2 #D3C6E5 #EFEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B39CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#B39CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39CD2

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39CD2	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.081 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab9e0',
    500: '#b39cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39cd2;
$custom-light: #cab9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39CD2

secondary

#E6ECDE

accent

#B0357C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39CD2

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

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