#B79AE7#B79AE7

#B79AE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79AE7
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 231)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 26.00, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 43.56, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0581 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.113 301)
XYZ	xyz(45.5047, 38.9479, 80.7062)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79AE7 #CAE79A

analogous

#9AA3E7 #B79AE7 #DD9AE7

triadic

#B79AE7 #E7B79A #9AE7B7

tetradic

#B79AE7 #E79AA3 #CAE79A #9AE7DD

square

#B79AE7 #E79AA3 #CAE79A #9AE7DD

split-complementary

#B79AE7 #E7DD9A #A3E79A

monochromatic

#7037CF #9469DB #B79AE7 #DACBF3 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B79AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B79AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79AE7

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79AE7	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8ef',
    500: '#b79ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ae7;
$custom-light: #cdb8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.597,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74051,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.38948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79AE7

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C91C88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79AE7

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

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