#9B79C8#9B79C8

#9B79C8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B79C8
RGB	rgb(155, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(266, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 29.16, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 46.53, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0654 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.12 303)
XYZ	xyz(30.7780, 24.8135, 57.8004)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B79C8 #A6C879

analogous

#797EC8 #9B79C8 #C379C8

triadic

#9B79C8 #C89B79 #79C89B

tetradic

#9B79C8 #C8797E #A6C879 #79C8C3

square

#9B79C8 #C8797E #A6C879 #79C8C3

split-complementary

#9B79C8 #C8C379 #7EC879

monochromatic

#5E3A8D #7B4EB6 #9B79C8 #BBA4DA #DCD0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#9B79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9B79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B79C8

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B79C8	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6688CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D88C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa0d9',
    500: '#9b79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b79c8;
$custom-light: #baa0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.823,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.24813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B79C8

secondary

#D0DDC0

accent

#B5317C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B79C8

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

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