#B79DEB#B79DEB

#B79DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DEB
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 25.25, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 43.78, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0548 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.113 299)
XYZ	xyz(46.5775, 40.1791, 83.8826)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DEB #D1EB9D

analogous

#9DAAEB #B79DEB #DE9DEB

triadic

#B79DEB #EBB79D #9DEBB7

tetradic

#B79DEB #EB9DAA #D1EB9D #9DEBDE

square

#B79DEB #EB9DAA #D1EB9D #9DEBDE

split-complementary

#B79DEB #EBDE9D #AAEB9D

monochromatic

#6C37D6 #926AE1 #B79DEB #DCD0F5 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B79DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#B79DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DEB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DEB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebaf1',
    500: '#b79deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79deb;
$custom-light: #cebaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DEB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CE1891

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DEB

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

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