#B79FBB#B79FBB

#B79FBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.048 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79FBB
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 13.88, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 17.81, 321.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0375 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.048 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8950, 38.4520, 52.2717)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79FBB #A3BB9F

analogous

#A99FBB #B79FBB #BB9FB1

triadic

#B79FBB #BBB79F #9FBBB7

tetradic

#B79FBB #BBA99F #A3BB9F #9FB1BB

square

#B79FBB #BBA99F #A3BB9F #9FB1BB

split-complementary

#B79FBB #B1BB9F #9FBBA9

monochromatic

#7D5D83 #9C7BA2 #B79FBB #D2C3D4 #EDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B79FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B79FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79FBB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79FBB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.048 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbcf',
    500: '#b79fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79fbb;
$custom-light: #ccbbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.04798,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79FBB

secondary

#D8DFD7

accent

#9B4A56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79FBB

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

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