#BB79B2#BB79B2

#BB79B2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.111 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79B2
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(308, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 34.66, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 39.81, 330.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0982 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.111 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3663, 27.4555, 45.5474)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79B2 #79BB82

analogous

#A379BB #BB79B2 #BB7991

triadic

#BB79B2 #B2BB79 #79B2BB

tetradic

#BB79B2 #BBA379 #79BB82 #7991BB

square

#BB79B2 #BBA379 #79BB82 #7991BB

split-complementary

#BB79B2 #91BB79 #79BBA3

monochromatic

#7B3E73 #A45399 #BB79B2 #D0A2C9 #E4CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB79B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB79B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79B2

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79B2	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.111 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a1c9',
    500: '#bb79b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79b2;
$custom-light: #d0a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66374,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79B2

secondary

#BBD5BF

accent

#AB4A3A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79B2

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