#B79CD4#B79CD4

#B79CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.084 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD4
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 20.68, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 32.34, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0501 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.084 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2983, 38.5979, 67.4437)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD4 #B9D49C

analogous

#9C9DD4 #B79CD4 #D39CD4

triadic

#B79CD4 #D4B79C #9CD4B7

tetradic

#B79CD4 #D49C9D #B9D49C #9CD4D3

square

#B79CD4 #D49C9D #B9D49C #9CD4D3

split-complementary

#B79CD4 #D4D39C #9DD49C

monochromatic

#794AAB #9871C1 #B79CD4 #D6C7E7 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B79CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.084 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e1',
    500: '#b79cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd4;
$custom-light: #cdb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73612,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD4

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B23375

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD4

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

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