#B79ACE#B79ACE

#B79ACE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.080 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79ACE
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 20.52, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 30.54, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0513 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.08 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2227, 37.6351, 63.4205)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79ACE #B1CE9A

analogous

#9D9ACE #B79ACE #CE9ACB

triadic

#B79ACE #CEB79A #9ACEB7

tetradic

#B79ACE #CE9D9A #B1CE9A #9ACBCE

square

#B79ACE #CE9D9A #B1CE9A #9ACBCE

split-complementary

#B79ACE #CBCE9A #9ACE9D

monochromatic

#7C4EA0 #9A71BA #B79ACE #D4C3E2 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B79ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#B79ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79ACE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79ACE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.080 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8dd',
    500: '#b79ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ace;
$custom-light: #cdb8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72996,
    "c": 0.0802,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79ACE

secondary

#E1E9DB

accent

#AE386C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79ACE

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

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