#B79BBD#B79BBD

#B79BBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.058 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BBD
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(289, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 16.50, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 21.43, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0443 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.058 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4338, 37.1847, 53.1816)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BBD #A1BD9B

analogous

#A69BBD #B79BBD #BD9BB2

triadic

#B79BBD #BDB79B #9BBDB7

tetradic

#B79BBD #BDA69B #A1BD9B #9BB2BD

square

#B79BBD #BDA69B #A1BD9B #9BB2BD

split-complementary

#B79BBD #B2BD9B #9BBDA6

monochromatic

#7D5885 #9C76A5 #B79BBD #D2C0D5 #ECE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B79BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B79BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BBD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BBD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.058 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8d1',
    500: '#b79bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bbd;
$custom-light: #ccb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.0576,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BBD

secondary

#D6DFD5

accent

#9F4756

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BBD

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

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