#B979EB#B979EB

#B979EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.172 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B979EB
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(274, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, 45.68, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 66.42, 313.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.107 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.172 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8374, 29.9877, 82.1654)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B979EB #ABEB79

analogous

#8079EB #B979EB #EB79E4

triadic

#B979EB #EBB979 #79EBB9

tetradic

#B979EB #EB8079 #ABEB79 #79E4EB

square

#B979EB #EB8079 #ABEB79 #79E4EB

split-complementary

#B979EB #E4EB79 #79EB80

monochromatic

#7F1ECB #9D44E3 #B979EB #D5AEF3 #F1E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#B979EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#B979EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B979EB

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B979EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B979EB	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B92EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D96E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b979eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.172 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a1f2',
    500: '#b979eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b979eb;
$custom-light: #d0a1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b979eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68823,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B979EB

secondary

#DEF0D0

accent

#D60F67

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B979EB

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

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