#B79CCD#B79CCD

#B79CCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.075 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CCD
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 19.19, -21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 28.73, 311.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.048 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.075 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4344, 38.2523, 62.8937)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CCD #B2CD9C

analogous

#9E9CCD #B79CCD #CD9CCA

triadic

#B79CCD #CDB79C #9CCDB7

tetradic

#B79CCD #CD9E9C #B2CD9C #9CCACD

square

#B79CCD #CD9E9C #B2CD9C #9CCACD

split-complementary

#B79CCD #CACD9C #9CCD9E

monochromatic

#7B509F #9973B8 #B79CCD #D5C5E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B79CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B79CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CCD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CCD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.075 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9dc',
    500: '#b79ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ccd;
$custom-light: #cdb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73334,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CCD

secondary

#E2E9DC

accent

#AC3A6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CCD

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

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