#B79DBD#B79DBD

#B79DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.054 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DBD
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(289, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 15.38, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 20.10, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0413 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.054 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7694, 37.8559, 53.2934)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DBD #A3BD9D

analogous

#A79DBD #B79DBD #BD9DB3

triadic

#B79DBD #BDB79D #9DBDB7

tetradic

#B79DBD #BDA79D #A3BD9D #9DB3BD

square

#B79DBD #BDA79D #A3BD9D #9DB3BD

split-complementary

#B79DBD #B3BD9D #9DBDA7

monochromatic

#7D5A86 #9C78A4 #B79DBD #D2C2D6 #EDE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B79DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#B79DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DBD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DBD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.054 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbad0',
    500: '#b79dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79dbd;
$custom-light: #ccbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.05395,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DBD

secondary

#D8E0D6

accent

#9E4858

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DBD

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

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