#9B79E7#9B79E7

#9B79E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.161 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B79E7
RGB	rgb(155, 121, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 47.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 36.81, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 63.13, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0702 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.161 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7751, 26.4123, 78.8518)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B79E7 #C5E779

analogous

#798EE7 #9B79E7 #D279E7

triadic

#9B79E7 #E79B79 #79E79B

tetradic

#9B79E7 #E7798E #C5E779 #79E7D2

square

#9B79E7 #E7798E #C5E779 #79E7D2

split-complementary

#9B79E7 #E7D279 #8EE779

monochromatic

#5423C3 #7445DE #9B79E7 #C2ADF0 #E8E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9B79E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9B79E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B79E7

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B79E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B79E7	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b79e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 121, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.161 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca0ef',
    500: '#9b79e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b79e7;
$custom-light: #bca0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b79e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6566,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B79E7

secondary

#E4EECE

accent

#D21497

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B79E7

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

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