#B79CD3#B79CD3

#B79CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.083 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD3
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(269, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 20.46, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 31.82, 310.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0498 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.083 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1726, 38.5476, 66.7814)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD3 #B8D39C

analogous

#9C9DD3 #B79CD3 #D39CD3

triadic

#B79CD3 #D3B79C #9CD3B7

tetradic

#B79CD3 #D39C9D #B8D39C #9CD3D3

square

#B79CD3 #D39C9D #B8D39C #9CD3D3

split-complementary

#B79CD3 #D3D39C #9DD39C

monochromatic

#794BA9 #9872C0 #B79CD3 #D6C6E6 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B79CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.083 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e0',
    500: '#b79cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd3;
$custom-light: #cdb9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD3

secondary

#E6ECDF

accent

#B13474

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD3

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

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