#B79BD2#B79BD2

#B79BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.084 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BD2
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 20.80, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 31.95, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.051 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.084 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8805, 38.1634, 66.0675)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BD2 #B6D29B

analogous

#9C9BD2 #B79BD2 #D29BD2

triadic

#B79BD2 #D2B79B #9BD2B7

tetradic

#B79BD2 #D29C9B #B6D29B #9BD2D2

square

#B79BD2 #D29C9B #B6D29B #9BD2D2

split-complementary

#B79BD2 #D2D29B #9BD29C

monochromatic

#7A4BA7 #9971BF #B79BD2 #D5C5E5 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B79BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#B79BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BD2

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BD2	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.084 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8e0',
    500: '#b79bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bd2;
$custom-light: #cdb8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.545,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.08358,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BD2

secondary

#E4EBDD

accent

#B13572

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BD2

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