#B79CD8#B79CD8

#B79CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.090 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CD8
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(267, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 21.54, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 34.42, 308.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0513 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.09 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8092, 38.8022, 70.1341)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CD8 #BDD89C

analogous

#9C9FD8 #B79CD8 #D59CD8

triadic

#B79CD8 #D8B79C #9CD8B7

tetradic

#B79CD8 #D89C9F #BDD89C #9CD8D5

square

#B79CD8 #D89C9F #BDD89C #9CD8D5

split-complementary

#B79CD8 #D8D59C #9FD89C

monochromatic

#7747B3 #9770C7 #B79CD8 #D7C8E9 #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B79CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B79CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CD8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CD8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.090 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e4',
    500: '#b79cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cd8;
$custom-light: #cdb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73776,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CD8

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B72F7A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CD8

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

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