#B979F9#B979F9

#B979F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.188 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B979F9
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 249)
HSL	hsl(270, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 51.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 48.84, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 73.42, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.1083 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.188 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9402, 30.8288, 93.2399)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B979F9 #B9F979

analogous

#7979F9 #B979F9 #F979F9

triadic

#B979F9 #F9B979 #79F9B9

tetradic

#B979F9 #F97979 #B9F979 #79F9F9

square

#B979F9 #F97979 #B9F979 #79F9F9

split-complementary

#B979F9 #F9F979 #79F979

monochromatic

#7C0BED #9A3EF6 #B979F9 #D8B4FC #F0E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B979F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#B979F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B979F9

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B979F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B979F9	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5095FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6497F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE90AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b979f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.188 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1fc',
    500: '#b979f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b979f9;
$custom-light: #d1a1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b979f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.18829,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B979F9

secondary

#E6F6D5

accent

#E60073

background

#FDFAFF

surface

#FAF4FF

border

#D3CED7

text

#140F17

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B979F9

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

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