#B79ECC#B79ECC

#B79ECC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.071 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79ECC
RGB	rgb(183, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(273, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 17.87, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 26.91, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0447 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.071 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6525, 38.8809, 62.3728)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79ECC #B3CC9E

analogous

#A09ECC #B79ECC #CC9ECA

triadic

#B79ECC #CCB79E #9ECCB7

tetradic

#B79ECC #CCA09E #B3CC9E #9ECACC

square

#B79ECC #CCA09E #B3CC9E #9ECACC

split-complementary

#B79ECC #CACC9E #9ECCA0

monochromatic

#7B539D #9976B7 #B79ECC #D5C6E1 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B79ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B79ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79ECC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79ECC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.071 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbadb',
    500: '#b79ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79ecc;
$custom-light: #cdbadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 31.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73676,
    "c": 0.07064,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79ECC

secondary

#E2E9DD

accent

#AA3C6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79ECC

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

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