#B79DC2#B79DC2

#B79DC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.060 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79DC2
RGB	rgb(183, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(282, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 16.37, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 22.53, 316.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.043 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.06 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3215, 38.0768, 56.2012)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79DC2 #A8C29D

analogous

#A59DC2 #B79DC2 #C29DBB

triadic

#B79DC2 #C2B79D #9DC2B7

tetradic

#B79DC2 #C2A59D #A8C29D #9DBBC2

square

#B79DC2 #C2A59D #A8C29D #9DBBC2

split-complementary

#B79DC2 #BBC29D #9DC2A5

monochromatic

#7D588D #9B77AB #B79DC2 #D3C3D9 #EEE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#B79DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#B79DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79DC2

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79DC2	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.060 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbad4',
    500: '#b79dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79dc2;
$custom-light: #ccbad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.162,
    "s": 23.27,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.05989,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79DC2

secondary

#DBE3D8

accent

#A24460

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79DC2

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

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