#B79BCD#B79BCD

#B79BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.077 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BCD
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 19.75, -21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 29.38, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0495 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.077 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2673, 37.9181, 62.8380)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BCD #B1CD9B

analogous

#9E9BCD #B79BCD #CD9BCA

triadic

#B79BCD #CDB79B #9BCDB7

tetradic

#B79BCD #CD9E9B #B1CD9B #9BCACD

square

#B79BCD #CD9E9B #B1CD9B #9BCACD

split-complementary

#B79BCD #CACD9B #9BCD9E

monochromatic

#7C4F9E #9A72B9 #B79BCD #D4C4E1 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B79BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#B79BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BCD

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BCD	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.077 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8dc',
    500: '#b79bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bcd;
$custom-light: #cdb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73145,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BCD

secondary

#E1E9DB

accent

#AC396C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BCD

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

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