#B79FBE#B79FBE

#B79FBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.051 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B79FBE
RGB	rgb(183, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(286, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 14.47, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 19.25, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0386 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.051 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2195, 38.5818, 53.9808)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B79FBE #A6BE9F

analogous

#A79FBE #B79FBE #BE9FB5

triadic

#B79FBE #BEB79F #9FBEB7

tetradic

#B79FBE #BEA79F #A6BE9F #9FB5BE

square

#B79FBE #BEA79F #A6BE9F #9FB5BE

split-complementary

#B79FBE #B5BE9F #9FBEA7

monochromatic

#7D5B87 #9C7BA5 #B79FBE #D2C3D7 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B79FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B79FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B79FBE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B79FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B79FBE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b79fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.051 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbbd1',
    500: '#b79fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b79fbe;
$custom-light: #ccbbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b79fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.452,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.05148,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B79FBE

secondary

#DAE1D8

accent

#9E485B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #B79FBE

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

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