#B79BCA#B79BCA

#B79BCA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.073 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BCA
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(276, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 19.12, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 27.85, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0486 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.073 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9086, 37.7746, 60.9491)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BCA #AECA9B

analogous

#A09BCA #B79BCA #CA9BC5

triadic

#B79BCA #CAB79B #9BCAB7

tetradic

#B79BCA #CAA09B #AECA9B #9BC5CA

square

#B79BCA #CAA09B #AECA9B #9BC5CA

split-complementary

#B79BCA #C5CA9B #9BCAA0

monochromatic

#7C5199 #9A73B5 #B79BCA #D4C3DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B79BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B79BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BCA

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BCA	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.073 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8da',
    500: '#b79bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bca;
$custom-light: #cdb8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.07338,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BCA

secondary

#DFE7DA

accent

#A93C68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BCA

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

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