#B79BEE#B79BEE

#B79BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.120 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BEE
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 27.06, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 46.61, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0583 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.12 299)
XYZ	xyz(46.6789, 39.6828, 86.0727)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BEE #D2EE9B

analogous

#9BA9EE #B79BEE #E19BEE

triadic

#B79BEE #EEB79B #9BEEB7

tetradic

#B79BEE #EE9BA9 #D2EE9B #9BEEE1

square

#B79BEE #EE9BA9 #D2EE9B #9BEEE1

split-complementary

#B79BEE #EEE19B #A9EE9B

monochromatic

#6C32DC #9167E5 #B79BEE #DDCFF7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B79BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B79BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BEE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BEE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.120 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb8f4',
    500: '#b79bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bee;
$custom-light: #ceb8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.241,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74551,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BEE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31392

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BEE

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

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