#B79CBE#B79CBE

#B79CBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.057 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CBE
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(288, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 16.14, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 21.24, 319.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0431 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.057 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7098, 37.5625, 53.8109)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CBE #A3BE9C

analogous

#A69CBE #B79CBE #BE9CB4

triadic

#B79CBE #BEB79C #9CBEB7

tetradic

#B79CBE #BEA69C #A3BE9C #9CB4BE

square

#B79CBE #BEA69C #A3BE9C #9CB4BE

split-complementary

#B79CBE #B4BE9C #9CBEA6

monochromatic

#7D5987 #9C77A6 #B79CBE #D2C1D6 #EDE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B79CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B79CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CBE

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CBE	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.057 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9d1',
    500: '#b79cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cbe;
$custom-light: #ccb9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.647,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.05693,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CBE

secondary

#D8E0D6

accent

#9F4659

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CBE

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

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