#B79BBE#B79BBE

#B79BBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.059 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BBE
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(288, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 16.69, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 21.91, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0447 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.059 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5427, 37.2283, 53.7552)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BBE #A2BE9B

analogous

#A59BBE #B79BBE #BE9BB3

triadic

#B79BBE #BEB79B #9BBEB7

tetradic

#B79BBE #BEA59B #A2BE9B #9BB3BE

square

#B79BBE #BEA59B #A2BE9B #9BB3BE

split-complementary

#B79BBE #B3BE9B #9BBEA5

monochromatic

#7D5887 #9C76A6 #B79BBE #D2C0D6 #ECE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B79BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#B79BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BBE

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BBE	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.059 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8d1',
    500: '#b79bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bbe;
$custom-light: #ccb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.05876,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BBE

secondary

#D7E0D5

accent

#A04658

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BBE

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

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