#B79BB5#B79BB5

#B79BB5 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.049 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BB5
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(304, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(304, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 1.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 14.95, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 17.77, 327.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0415 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.049 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5893, 36.8469, 48.7337)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BB5 #9BB79D

analogous

#AB9BB7 #B79BB5 #B79BA7

triadic

#B79BB5 #B5B79B #9BB5B7

tetradic

#B79BB5 #B7AB9B #9BB79D #9BA7B7

square

#B79BB5 #B7AB9B #9BB79D #9BA7B7

split-complementary

#B79BB5 #A7B79B #9BB7AB

monochromatic

#7D5A7B #9D779B #B79BB5 #D1BFCF #EAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B79BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B79BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BB5

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BB5	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.049 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8cb',
    500: '#b79bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bb5;
$custom-light: #ccb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72265,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BB5

secondary

#D2DBD3

accent

#9B514B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BB5

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

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