#B979EE#B979EE

#B979EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.176 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B979EE
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(273, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, 46.35, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 67.91, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.1073 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.176 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2745, 30.1626, 84.4673)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B979EE #AEEE79

analogous

#7F79EE #B979EE #EE79E8

triadic

#B979EE #EEB979 #79EEB9

tetradic

#B979EE #EE7F79 #AEEE79 #79E8EE

square

#B979EE #EE7F79 #AEEE79 #79E8EE

split-complementary

#B979EE #E8EE79 #79EE7F

monochromatic

#7F1BD2 #9D43E7 #B979EE #D5AFF5 #F1E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B979EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#B979EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B979EE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B979EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B979EE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5993F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B96EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b979ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.176 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a1f4',
    500: '#b979ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b979ee;
$custom-light: #d0a1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b979ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.821,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68984,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B979EE

secondary

#E0F1D1

accent

#DA0C69

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B979EE

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

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