#B79CD2#B79CD2

#B79CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.082 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD2
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(270, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 20.25, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 31.30, 310.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0495 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.082 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0476, 38.4976, 66.1232)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD2 #B7D29C

analogous

#9C9CD2 #B79CD2 #D29CD2

triadic

#B79CD2 #D2B79C #9CD2B7

tetradic

#B79CD2 #D29C9C #B7D29C #9CD2D2

square

#B79CD2 #D29C9C #B7D29C #9CD2D2

split-complementary

#B79CD2 #D2D29C #9CD29C

monochromatic

#7A4CA7 #9872BF #B79CD2 #D6C6E5 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B79CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.082 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e0',
    500: '#b79cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd2;
$custom-light: #cdb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73532,
    "c": 0.08185,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD2

secondary

#E5ECDE

accent

#B03573

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD2

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

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