#BD79E6#BD79E6

#BD79E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.168 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD79E6
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 45.67, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 64.19, 315.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.1112 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.168 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1040, 30.2075, 78.4602)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD79E6 #A2E679

analogous

#8779E6 #BD79E6 #E679D9

triadic

#BD79E6 #E6BD79 #79E6BD

tetradic

#BD79E6 #E68779 #A2E679 #79D9E6

square

#BD79E6 #E68779 #A2E679 #79D9E6

split-complementary

#BD79E6 #D9E679 #79E687

monochromatic

#8624C1 #A445DC #BD79E6 #D6ADF0 #F0E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BD79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD79E6

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD79E6	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6092EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.168 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a1ee',
    500: '#bd79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd79e6;
$custom-light: #d3a1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.431,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68981,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD79E6

secondary

#D9EECD

accent

#D0155C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF3FD

border

#D3CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD79E6

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

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