#B79CBB#B79CBB

#B79CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.053 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CBB
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(292, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 15.55, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 19.82, 321.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0421 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.053 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3853, 37.4327, 52.1018)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CBB #A0BB9C

analogous

#A89CBB #B79CBB #BB9CB0

triadic

#B79CBB #BBB79C #9CBBB7

tetradic

#B79CBB #BBA89C #A0BB9C #9CB0BB

square

#B79CBB #BBA89C #A0BB9C #9CB0BB

split-complementary

#B79CBB #B0BB9C #9CBBA8

monochromatic

#7D5A83 #9D78A2 #B79CBB #D1C0D4 #ECE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B79CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B79CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CBB

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CBB	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.053 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9cf',
    500: '#b79cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cbb;
$custom-light: #ccb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.258,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.05347,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CBB

secondary

#D6DED5

accent

#9D4953

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CBB

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

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