#B79BED#B79BED

#B79BED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BED
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(260, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 26.83, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 46.09, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0581 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.119 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5324, 39.6242, 85.3011)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BED #D1ED9B

analogous

#9BA8ED #B79BED #E09BED

triadic

#B79BED #EDB79B #9BEDB7

tetradic

#B79BED #ED9BA8 #D1ED9B #9BEDE0

square

#B79BED #ED9BA8 #D1ED9B #9BEDE0

split-complementary

#B79BED #EDE09B #A8ED9B

monochromatic

#6C33DA #9267E4 #B79BED #DCCFF6 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B79BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B79BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BED

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BED	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8f3',
    500: '#b79bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bed;
$custom-light: #ceb8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BED

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D11491

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BED

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

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