#B79BEC#B79BEC

#B79BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BEC
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(261, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 26.59, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 45.56, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0578 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.118 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3868, 39.5659, 84.5338)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BEC #D0EC9B

analogous

#9BA8EC #B79BEC #E09BEC

triadic

#B79BEC #ECB79B #9BECB7

tetradic

#B79BEC #EC9BA8 #D0EC9B #9BECE0

square

#B79BEC #EC9BA8 #D0EC9B #9BECE0

split-complementary

#B79BEC #ECE09B #A8EC9B

monochromatic

#6D34D8 #9268E2 #B79BEC #DCCEF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B79BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B79BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BEC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BEC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8f2',
    500: '#b79bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bec;
$custom-light: #ceb8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.741,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BEC

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D01690

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BEC

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

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