#B39DB2#B39DB2

#B39DB2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.039 H 327.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39DB2
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(303, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 11.86, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 14.25, 326.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0328 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.039 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6822, 36.9126, 47.1979)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39DB2 #9DB39E

analogous

#A99DB3 #B39DB2 #B39DA7

triadic

#B39DB2 #B2B39D #9DB2B3

tetradic

#B39DB2 #B3A99D #9DB39E #9DA7B3

square

#B39DB2 #B3A99D #9DB39E #9DA7B3

split-complementary

#B39DB2 #A7B39D #9DB3A9

monochromatic

#785D77 #987B97 #B39DB2 #CEBFCD #E8E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B39DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B39DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39DB2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39DB2	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.039 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bac9',
    500: '#b39db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39db2;
$custom-light: #c9bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.727,
    "s": 12.644,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.03897,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39DB2

secondary

#D2DAD3

accent

#97524F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39DB2

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

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