#BB79B4#BB79B4

#BB79B4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.113 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79B4
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(306, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 35.02, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 40.64, 329.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0987 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.113 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5686, 27.5364, 46.6127)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79B4 #79BB80

analogous

#A179BB #BB79B4 #BB7993

triadic

#BB79B4 #B4BB79 #79B4BB

tetradic

#BB79B4 #BBA179 #79BB80 #7993BB

square

#BB79B4 #BBA179 #79BB80 #7993BB

split-complementary

#BB79B4 #93BB79 #79BBA1

monochromatic

#7B3E75 #A4539B #BB79B4 #D0A2CB #E4CAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB79B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB79B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79B4

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79B4	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.113 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a1ca',
    500: '#bb79b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79b4;
$custom-light: #d0a1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.364,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66454,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79B4

secondary

#BBD5BE

accent

#AB463A

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F8

border

#D2CDD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79B4

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

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