#B79CD7#B79CD7

#B79CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.088 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD7
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(267, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 21.32, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 33.90, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.051 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.088 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6803, 38.7507, 69.4553)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD7 #BCD79C

analogous

#9C9ED7 #B79CD7 #D59CD7

triadic

#B79CD7 #D7B79C #9CD7B7

tetradic

#B79CD7 #D79C9E #BCD79C #9CD7D5

square

#B79CD7 #D79C9E #BCD79C #9CD7D5

split-complementary

#B79CD7 #D7D59C #9ED79C

monochromatic

#7848B1 #9770C5 #B79CD7 #D7C8E9 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B79CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B79CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD7

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD7	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.088 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e3',
    500: '#b79cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd7;
$custom-light: #cdb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD7

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B63078

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD7

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

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