#B79CC2#B79CC2

#B79CC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.062 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79CC2
RGB	rgb(183, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(283, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 16.93, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 23.19, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0445 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.062 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1530, 37.7398, 56.1450)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79CC2 #A7C29C

analogous

#A49CC2 #B79CC2 #C29CBA

triadic

#B79CC2 #C2B79C #9CC2B7

tetradic

#B79CC2 #C2A49C #A7C29C #9CBAC2

square

#B79CC2 #C2A49C #A7C29C #9CBAC2

split-complementary

#B79CC2 #BAC29C #9CC2A4

monochromatic

#7D578D #9B76AB #B79CC2 #D3C2D9 #EEE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B79CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B79CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79CC2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79CC2	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.062 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccb9d4',
    500: '#b79cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79cc2;
$custom-light: #ccb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.632,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.0617,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79CC2

secondary

#DBE3D7

accent

#A2435F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79CC2

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

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