#B79BB7#B79BB7

#B79BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.051 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BB7
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 15.33, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 18.65, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0422 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.051 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7960, 36.9296, 49.8223)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BB7 #9BB79B

analogous

#A99BB7 #B79BB7 #B79BA9

triadic

#B79BB7 #B7B79B #9BB7B7

tetradic

#B79BB7 #B7A99B #9BB79B #9BA9B7

square

#B79BB7 #B7A99B #9BB79B #9BA9B7

split-complementary

#B79BB7 #A9B79B #9BB7A9

monochromatic

#7D5A7D #9D779D #B79BB7 #D1BFD1 #EAE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B79BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#B79BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BB7

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BB7	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.051 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8cc',
    500: '#b79bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bb7;
$custom-light: #ccb8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.0509,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BB7

secondary

#D2DBD2

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BB7

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

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