#B79DCF#B79DCF

#B79DCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.076 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DCF
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 207)
HSL	hsl(271, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 19.05, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 29.11, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0471 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.076 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8459, 38.6865, 64.2295)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DCF #B5CF9D

analogous

#9E9DCF #B79DCF #CF9DCE

triadic

#B79DCF #CFB79D #9DCFB7

tetradic

#B79DCF #CF9E9D #B5CF9D #9DCECF

square

#B79DCF #CF9E9D #B5CF9D #9DCECF

split-complementary

#B79DCF #CECF9D #9DCF9E

monochromatic

#7A4FA2 #9974BB #B79DCF #D5C6E3 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B79DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B79DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DCF

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DCF	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.076 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadd',
    500: '#b79dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79dcf;
$custom-light: #cdbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 34.247,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DCF

secondary

#E4EADD

accent

#AD3870

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DCF

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

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