#B79FCD#B79FCD

#B79FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.070 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79FCD
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(271, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 17.52, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 26.78, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0435 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.07 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9440, 39.2716, 63.0636)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79FCD #B5CD9F

analogous

#A09FCD #B79FCD #CD9FCC

triadic

#B79FCD #CDB79F #9FCDB7

tetradic

#B79FCD #CDA09F #B5CD9F #9FCCCD

square

#B79FCD #CDA09F #B5CD9F #9FCCCD

split-complementary

#B79FCD #CCCD9F #9FCDA0

monochromatic

#7A539F #9977B8 #B79FCD #D5C7E2 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B79FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B79FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79FCD

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79FCD	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.070 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbbdc',
    500: '#b79fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79fcd;
$custom-light: #cdbbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.07018,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79FCD

secondary

#E4EADE

accent

#AA3B70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79FCD

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

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