#B79DDD#B79DDD

#B79DDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.095 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DDD
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 22.08, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 36.40, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0512 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.095 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6339, 39.4017, 73.6465)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DDD #C3DD9D

analogous

#9DA3DD #B79DDD #D79DDD

triadic

#B79DDD #DDB79D #9DDDB7

tetradic

#B79DDD #DD9DA3 #C3DD9D #9DDDD7

square

#B79DDD #DD9DA3 #C3DD9D #9DDDD7

split-complementary

#B79DDD #DDD79D #A3DD9D

monochromatic

#7442BD #9670CD #B79DDD #D8CAED #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B79DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B79DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DDD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DDD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.095 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbae7',
    500: '#b79ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ddd;
$custom-light: #cdbae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74171,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DDD

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BC2A80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DDD

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

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