#B79DE9#B79DE9

#B79DE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DE9
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 32.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 24.79, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 42.72, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0543 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.11 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2902, 40.0642, 82.3694)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DE9 #CFE99D

analogous

#9DA9E9 #B79DE9 #DD9DE9

triadic

#B79DE9 #E9B79D #9DE9B7

tetradic

#B79DE9 #E99DA9 #CFE99D #9DE9DD

square

#B79DE9 #E99DA9 #CFE99D #9DE9DD

split-complementary

#B79DE9 #E9DD9D #A9E99D

monochromatic

#6E39D3 #926BDE #B79DE9 #DCCFF4 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B79DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B79DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DE9

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DE9	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbaf0',
    500: '#b79de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79de9;
$custom-light: #cdbaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DE9

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CB1A8F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DE9

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

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