#B79BE2#B79BE2

#B79BE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BE2
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 226)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 31.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 24.31, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 40.30, 307.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0554 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.104 302)
XYZ	xyz(44.9744, 39.0009, 77.0953)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BE2 #C6E29B

analogous

#9BA3E2 #B79BE2 #DB9BE2

triadic

#B79BE2 #E2B79B #9BE2B7

tetradic

#B79BE2 #E29BA3 #C6E29B #9BE2DB

square

#B79BE2 #E29BA3 #C6E29B #9BE2DB

split-complementary

#B79BE2 #E2DB9B #A3E29B

monochromatic

#733CC6 #956CD4 #B79BE2 #D9CAF0 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B79BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B79BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BE2

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BE2	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb8eb',
    500: '#b79be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79be2;
$custom-light: #cdb8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.662,
    "s": 55.039,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.39001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BE2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C32384

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BE2

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

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