#B79BDF#B79BDF

#B79BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BDF
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 23.64, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 38.72, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0546 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.101 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5663, 38.8377, 74.9463)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BDF #C3DF9B

analogous

#9BA1DF #B79BDF #D99BDF

triadic

#B79BDF #DFB79B #9BDFB7

tetradic

#B79BDF #DF9BA1 #C3DF9B #9BDFD9

square

#B79BDF #DF9BA1 #C3DF9B #9BDFD9

split-complementary

#B79BDF #DFD99B #A1DF9B

monochromatic

#743EC1 #966DD0 #B79BDF #D8C9EE #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B79BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B79BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BDF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BDF	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8e9',
    500: '#b79bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bdf;
$custom-light: #cdb8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73884,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BDF

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#BF2780

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BDF

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

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