#B79ECB#B79ECB

#B79ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.069 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79ECB
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 17.66, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 26.40, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0444 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.069 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5329, 38.8331, 61.7432)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79ECB #B2CB9E

analogous

#A09ECB #B79ECB #CB9EC8

triadic

#B79ECB #CBB79E #9ECBB7

tetradic

#B79ECB #CBA09E #B2CB9E #9EC8CB

square

#B79ECB #CBA09E #B2CB9E #9EC8CB

split-complementary

#B79ECB #C8CB9E #9ECBA0

monochromatic

#7B539B #9976B6 #B79ECB #D5C6E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B79ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B79ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79ECB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79ECB	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.069 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadb',
    500: '#b79ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ecb;
$custom-light: #cdbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73638,
    "c": 0.06936,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79ECB

secondary

#E2E8DC

accent

#A93D6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79ECB

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

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