#B79DCD#B79DCD

#B79DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.074 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DCD
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 18.63, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 28.08, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0465 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.074 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6029, 38.5893, 62.9499)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DCD #B3CD9D

analogous

#9F9DCD #B79DCD #CD9DCB

triadic

#B79DCD #CDB79D #9DCDB7

tetradic

#B79DCD #CD9F9D #B3CD9D #9DCBCD

square

#B79DCD #CD9F9D #B3CD9D #9DCBCD

split-complementary

#B79DCD #CBCD9D #9DCD9F

monochromatic

#7B519F #9974B8 #B79DCD #D5C6E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B79DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DCD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DCD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.074 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadc',
    500: '#b79dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79dcd;
$custom-light: #cdbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.07367,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DCD

secondary

#E2E9DD

accent

#AB3A6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DCD

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

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