#B79BC2#B79BC2

#B79BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.064 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79BC2
RGB	rgb(183, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(283, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 17.49, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 23.85, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.046 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.064 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9859, 37.4055, 56.0893)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79BC2 #A6C29B

analogous

#A39BC2 #B79BC2 #C29BB9

triadic

#B79BC2 #C2B79B #9BC2B7

tetradic

#B79BC2 #C2A39B #A6C29B #9BB9C2

square

#B79BC2 #C2A39B #A6C29B #9BB9C2

split-complementary

#B79BC2 #B9C29B #9BC2A3

monochromatic

#7D568D #9C75AB #B79BC2 #D2C1D9 #EEE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B79BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B79BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79BC2

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79BC2	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.064 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb8d4',
    500: '#b79bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79bc2;
$custom-light: #ccb8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.077,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72726,
    "c": 0.0635,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79BC2

secondary

#DAE2D7

accent

#A3435E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79BC2

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

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