#B79BDA#B79BDA

#B79BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.094 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BDA
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 22.54, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 36.11, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0533 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.094 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9022, 38.5721, 71.4484)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BDA #BEDA9B

analogous

#9B9EDA #B79BDA #D69BDA

triadic

#B79BDA #DAB79B #9BDAB7

tetradic

#B79BDA #DA9B9E #BEDA9B #9BDAD6

square

#B79BDA #DA9B9E #BEDA9B #9BDAD6

split-complementary

#B79BDA #DAD69B #9EDA9B

monochromatic

#7744B7 #976EC9 #B79BDA #D7C8EB #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B79BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BDA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BDA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.094 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8e5',
    500: '#b79bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bda;
$custom-light: #cdb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BDA

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B92C7B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BDA

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

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