#B79BCB#B79BCB

#B79BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.075 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BCB
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(275, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 19.33, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 28.36, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0489 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.075 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0274, 37.8222, 61.5747)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BCB #AFCB9B

analogous

#9F9BCB #B79BCB #CB9BC7

triadic

#B79BCB #CBB79B #9BCBB7

tetradic

#B79BCB #CB9F9B #AFCB9B #9BC7CB

square

#B79BCB #CB9F9B #AFCB9B #9BC7CB

split-complementary

#B79BCB #C7CB9B #9BCB9F

monochromatic

#7C519B #9A73B6 #B79BCB #D4C3E0 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B79BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B79BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BCB

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BCB	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.075 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8db',
    500: '#b79bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bcb;
$custom-light: #cdb8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.07464,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BCB

secondary

#E0E8DA

accent

#AA3B69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BCB

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

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