#B79CEB#B79CEB

#B79CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CEB
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 25.81, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 44.40, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0562 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.115 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4090, 39.8422, 83.8265)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CEB #D0EB9C

analogous

#9CA9EB #B79CEB #DF9CEB

triadic

#B79CEB #EBB79C #9CEBB7

tetradic

#B79CEB #EB9CA9 #D0EB9C #9CEBDF

square

#B79CEB #EB9CA9 #D0EB9C #9CEBDF

split-complementary

#B79CEB #EBDF9C #A9EB9C

monochromatic

#6D36D6 #9269E1 #B79CEB #DCCFF5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B79CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B79CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CEB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CEB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9f1',
    500: '#b79ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ceb;
$custom-light: #ceb9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74597,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CEB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CE1790

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CEB

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

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