#B79BB3#B79BB3

#B79BB3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.047 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BB3
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(309, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 14.57, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 16.91, 329.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0408 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.047 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3855, 36.7654, 47.6607)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BB3 #9BB79F

analogous

#AD9BB7 #B79BB3 #B79BA5

triadic

#B79BB3 #B3B79B #9BB3B7

tetradic

#B79BB3 #B7AD9B #9BB79F #9BA5B7

square

#B79BB3 #B7AD9B #9BB79F #9BA5B7

split-complementary

#B79BB3 #A5B79B #9BB7AD

monochromatic

#7D5A78 #9D7798 #B79BB3 #D1BFCE #EAE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B79BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B79BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BB3

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BB3	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.047 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8c9',
    500: '#b79bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bb3;
$custom-light: #ccb8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72197,
    "c": 0.04677,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BB3

secondary

#D2DBD4

accent

#9B564B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BB3

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

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