#B79BDB#B79BDB

#B79BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.095 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BDB
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 22.76, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 36.63, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0535 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.095 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0334, 38.6246, 72.1396)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BDB #BFDB9B

analogous

#9B9FDB #B79BDB #D79BDB

triadic

#B79BDB #DBB79B #9BDBB7

tetradic

#B79BDB #DB9B9F #BFDB9B #9BDBD7

square

#B79BDB #DB9B9F #BFDB9B #9BDBD7

split-complementary

#B79BDB #DBD79B #9FDB9B

monochromatic

#7643B9 #976ECB #B79BDB #D7C8EB #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B79BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BDB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BDB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.095 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8e6',
    500: '#b79bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bdb;
$custom-light: #cdb8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73714,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BDB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BA2B7C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BDB

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

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