#C39BBD#C39BBD

#C39BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.066 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39BBD
RGB	rgb(195, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(309, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(309, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 20.63, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 23.80, 330.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.058 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.066 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4114, 38.7201, 53.3212)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39BBD #9BC3A1

analogous

#B59BC3 #C39BBD #C39BA9

triadic

#C39BBD #BDC39B #9BBDC3

tetradic

#C39BBD #C3B59B #9BC3A1 #9BA9C3

square

#C39BBD #C3B59B #9BC3A1 #9BA9C3

split-complementary

#C39BBD #A9C39B #9BC3B5

monochromatic

#8E5586 #AC75A4 #C39BBD #DAC1D6 #F1E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C39BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C39BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39BBD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39BBD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.066 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b8d0',
    500: '#c39bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39bbd;
$custom-light: #d5b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.06609,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39BBD

secondary

#D7E3D9

accent

#A45142

background

#FDFBFC

surface

#FAF6F9

border

#D3D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#838082

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39BBD

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

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