#B79CBC#B79CBC

#B79CBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.055 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CBC
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(291, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 15.74, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 20.29, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0425 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.055 321)
XYZ	xyz(40.4927, 37.4757, 52.6676)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CBC #A1BC9C

analogous

#A79CBC #B79CBC #BC9CB1

triadic

#B79CBC #BCB79C #9CBCB7

tetradic

#B79CBC #BCA79C #A1BC9C #9CB1BC

square

#B79CBC #BCA79C #A1BC9C #9CB1BC

split-complementary

#B79CBC #B1BC9C #9CBCA7

monochromatic

#7D5984 #9C78A3 #B79CBC #D2C0D5 #ECE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B79CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B79CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CBC

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CBC	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)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.055 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9d0',
    500: '#b79cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cbc;
$custom-light: #ccb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72702,
    "c": 0.05462,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.37475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CBC

secondary

#D6DFD5

accent

#9E4855

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CBC

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

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