#B79FCB#B79FCB

#B79FCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.068 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79FCB
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 17.10, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 25.75, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0429 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.068 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7042, 39.1757, 61.8003)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79FCB #B3CB9F

analogous

#A19FCB #B79FCB #CB9FC9

triadic

#B79FCB #CBB79F #9FCBB7

tetradic

#B79FCB #CBA19F #B3CB9F #9FC9CB

square

#B79FCB #CBA19F #B3CB9F #9FC9CB

split-complementary

#B79FCB #C9CB9F #9FCBA1

monochromatic

#7B549B #9977B5 #B79FCB #D5C7E1 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B79FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B79FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79FCB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79FCB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.068 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbbdb',
    500: '#b79fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79fcb;
$custom-light: #cdbbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79FCB

secondary

#E2E9DD

accent

#A83D6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79FCB

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

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