#B39DCD#B39DCD

#B39DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.072 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39DCD
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 17.33, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 27.67, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.042 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.072 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6647, 38.1056, 62.9059)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39DCD #B7CD9D

analogous

#9D9FCD #B39DCD #CB9DCD

triadic

#B39DCD #CDB39D #9DCDB3

tetradic

#B39DCD #CD9D9F #B7CD9D #9DCDCB

square

#B39DCD #CD9D9F #B7CD9D #9DCDCB

split-complementary

#B39DCD #CDCB9D #9FCD9D

monochromatic

#75519F #9474B8 #B39DCD #D2C6E2 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B39DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B39DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39DCD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39DCD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.072 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabadc',
    500: '#b39dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39dcd;
$custom-light: #cabadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.07224,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39DCD

secondary

#E3E9DD

accent

#AB3A77

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39DCD

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

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