#B79BB9#B79BB9

#B79BB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.053 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BB9
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 15.72, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 19.56, 323.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0429 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.053 324)
XYZ	xyz(40.0056, 37.0134, 50.9264)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BB9 #9DB99B

analogous

#A89BB9 #B79BB9 #B99BAC

triadic

#B79BB9 #B9B79B #9BB9B7

tetradic

#B79BB9 #B9A89B #9DB99B #9BACB9

square

#B79BB9 #B9A89B #9DB99B #9BACB9

split-complementary

#B79BB9 #ACB99B #9BB9A8

monochromatic

#7D5A80 #9D77A0 #B79BB9 #D1BFD2 #EBE3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B79BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B79BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BB9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BB9	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.053 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8ce',
    500: '#b79bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bb9;
$custom-light: #ccb8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72403,
    "c": 0.05307,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.37013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BB9

secondary

#D4DDD3

accent

#9C4A4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BB9

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

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