#B79CD0#B79CD0

#B79CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.079 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD0
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(271, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 19.82, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 30.27, 310.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0489 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.079 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8000, 38.3986, 64.8192)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD0 #B5D09C

analogous

#9D9CD0 #B79CD0 #D09CCF

triadic

#B79CD0 #D0B79C #9CD0B7

tetradic

#B79CD0 #D09D9C #B5D09C #9CCFD0

square

#B79CD0 #D09D9C #B5D09C #9CCFD0

split-complementary

#B79CD0 #CFD09C #9CD09D

monochromatic

#7A4EA4 #9973BC #B79CD0 #D5C6E4 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B79CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B79CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD0

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD0	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.079 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9de',
    500: '#b79cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd0;
$custom-light: #cdb9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.07927,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD0

secondary

#E4EBDD

accent

#AE3770

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD0

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

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