#B79CD5#B79CD5

#B79CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.086 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD5
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 20.89, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 32.86, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0504 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.086 306)
XYZ	xyz(43.4249, 38.6485, 68.1101)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD5 #BAD59C

analogous

#9C9DD5 #B79CD5 #D49CD5

triadic

#B79CD5 #D5B79C #9CD5B7

tetradic

#B79CD5 #D59C9D #BAD59C #9CD5D4

square

#B79CD5 #D59C9D #BAD59C #9CD5D4

split-complementary

#B79CD5 #D5D49C #9DD59C

monochromatic

#7949AD #9871C3 #B79CD5 #D6C7E7 #EFEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B79CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD5

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD5	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.086 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e2',
    500: '#b79cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd5;
$custom-light: #cdb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73653,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.38648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD5

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B33276

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD5

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

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