#C39BCD#C39BCD

#C39BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.083 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39BCD
RGB	rgb(195, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(288, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(288, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 23.69, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 30.97, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0632 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.083 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2449, 39.4535, 62.9776)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39BCD #A5CD9B

analogous

#AA9BCD #C39BCD #CD9BBE

triadic

#C39BCD #CDC39B #9BCDC3

tetradic

#C39BCD #CDAA9B #A5CD9B #9BBECD

square

#C39BCD #CDAA9B #A5CD9B #9BBECD

split-complementary

#C39BCD #BECD9B #9BCDAA

monochromatic

#8F4F9E #AB72B9 #C39BCD #DBC4E1 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C39BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C39BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39BCD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39BCD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.083 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b8dc',
    500: '#c39bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39bcd;
$custom-light: #d5b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.08312,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39BCD

secondary

#DEE9DB

accent

#AC3950

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39BCD

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

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