Pastel Purple sits in the magenta / pink family, with the hex code #B39EB5 mapping to rgb(179, 158, 181) in RGB and hsl(294.8, 13.5%, 66.5%) in HSL. In OKLCH it carries 72% perceptual lightness and 0.040 chroma — a desaturated, dark reading that behaves well as a primary, accent or decisive colour in modern interfaces. Magenta does not exist as a single wavelength — the brain invents it where red and blue meet. That synthetic, "designed" quality is why it reads as bold, contemporary and unmistakably digital. It commits hard.
Magenta does not exist as a single wavelength — the brain invents it where red and blue meet. That synthetic, "designed" quality is why it reads as bold, contemporary and unmistakably digital. It commits hard.
Magenta saturates print easily — verify in CMYK if the design will be printed. Online, mind that high-chroma magenta on dark mode can shimmer for users with astigmatism; lift lightness to soften.
#B39EB5rgb(179, 158, 181)hsl(294.8, 13.5%, 66.5%)hsv(294.8, 12.7%, 71%)lch(67.53% 14.27 320.97)oklch(72.48% 0.0404 323.27)lab(67.53% 11.08 -8.98):root {
--color: #b39eb5;
--color-rgb: rgb(179, 158, 181);
--color-hsl: hsl(294.8, 13.5%, 66.5%);
--color-oklch: oklch(72.48% 0.0404 323.27);
}How pastel purple performs as foreground text on common surfaces, scored with WCAG 2.1.
Tints are produced by mixing pastel purple with progressively more white.
Shades are produced by mixing pastel purple with progressively more black.
Tones are produced by mixing pastel purple with progressively more gray, lowering chroma while keeping lightness.