#B79FBC#B79FBC

#B79FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.049 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79FBC
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 14.08, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 18.29, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0379 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.049 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0024, 38.4949, 52.8375)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79FBC #A4BC9F

analogous

#A89FBC #B79FBC #BC9FB2

triadic

#B79FBC #BCB79F #9FBCB7

tetradic

#B79FBC #BCA89F #A4BC9F #9FB2BC

square

#B79FBC #BCA89F #A4BC9F #9FB2BC

split-complementary

#B79FBC #B2BC9F #9FBCA8

monochromatic

#7D5C84 #9C7BA3 #B79FBC #D2C3D5 #EDE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B79FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79FBC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79FBC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.049 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbd0',
    500: '#b79fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79fbc;
$custom-light: #ccbbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.655,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79FBC

secondary

#D8E0D7

accent

#9C4958

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79FBC

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

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