#B79AEE#B79AEE

#B79AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79AEE
RGB	rgb(183, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 27.62, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 47.24, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0597 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.122 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5132, 39.3513, 86.0174)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79AEE #D1EE9A

analogous

#9AA7EE #B79AEE #E19AEE

triadic

#B79AEE #EEB79A #9AEEB7

tetradic

#B79AEE #EE9AA7 #D1EE9A #9AEEE1

square

#B79AEE #EE9AA7 #D1EE9A #9AEEE1

split-complementary

#B79AEE #EEE19A #A7EE9A

monochromatic

#6C31DC #9266E5 #B79AEE #DCCEF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B79AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B79AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79AEE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79AEE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8f4',
    500: '#b79aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79aee;
$custom-light: #ceb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.714,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74369,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79AEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D31291

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79AEE

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

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