#B79CDA#B79CDA

#B79CDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CDA
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 21.98, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 35.47, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0518 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.092 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0693, 38.9063, 71.5041)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CDA #BFDA9C

analogous

#9CA0DA #B79CDA #D69CDA

triadic

#B79CDA #DAB79C #9CDAB7

tetradic

#B79CDA #DA9CA0 #BFDA9C #9CDAD6

square

#B79CDA #DA9CA0 #BFDA9C #9CDAD6

split-complementary

#B79CDA #DAD69C #A0DA9C

monochromatic

#7644B7 #976FC9 #B79CDA #D7C9EB #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B79CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B79CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CDA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CDA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb9e5',
    500: '#b79cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cda;
$custom-light: #cdb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.129,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73859,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CDA

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B92D7C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CDA

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

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