#B79CBF#B79CBF

#B79CBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.058 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CBF
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 16.33, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 21.73, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0435 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.058 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8195, 37.6064, 54.3885)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CBF #A4BF9C

analogous

#A59CBF #B79CBF #BF9CB5

triadic

#B79CBF #BFB79C #9CBFB7

tetradic

#B79CBF #BFA59C #A4BF9C #9CB5BF

square

#B79CBF #BFA59C #A4BF9C #9CB5BF

split-complementary

#B79CBF #B5BF9C #9CBFA5

monochromatic

#7D5888 #9C77A7 #B79CBF #D2C1D7 #EDE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B79CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B79CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CBF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CBF	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.058 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9d2',
    500: '#b79cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cbf;
$custom-light: #ccb9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.286,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72809,
    "c": 0.05811,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CBF

secondary

#D8E1D6

accent

#A0465A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CBF

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

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