#B79CEE#B79CEE

#B79CEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.119 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CEE
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 26.50, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 45.99, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0569 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.119 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8461, 40.0170, 86.1284)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CEE #D3EE9C

analogous

#9CAAEE #B79CEE #E09CEE

triadic

#B79CEE #EEB79C #9CEEB7

tetradic

#B79CEE #EE9CAA #D3EE9C #9CEEE0

square

#B79CEE #EE9CAA #D3EE9C #9CEEE0

split-complementary

#B79CEE #EEE09C #AAEE9C

monochromatic

#6B34DC #9168E5 #B79CEE #DDD0F7 #ECE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B79CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B79CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CEE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CEE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.119 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceb9f4',
    500: '#b79cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cee;
$custom-light: #ceb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.756,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CEE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D31394

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CEE

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

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