#BB79BE#BB79BE

#BB79BE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB79BE
RGB	rgb(187, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(297, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 36.90, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 44.98, 325.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.1013 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.123 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6243, 27.9587, 52.1726)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB79BE #7CBE79

analogous

#9879BE #BB79BE #BE799E

triadic

#BB79BE #BEBB79 #79BEBB

tetradic

#BB79BE #BE9879 #7CBE79 #799EBE

square

#BB79BE #BE9879 #7CBE79 #799EBE

split-complementary

#BB79BE #9EBE79 #79BE98

monochromatic

#7C3E7F #A452A8 #BB79BE #D0A2D2 #E5CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BB79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#BB79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB79BE

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB79BE	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a1d1',
    500: '#bb79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb79be;
$custom-light: #d0a1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.391,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66871,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB79BE

secondary

#BED6BC

accent

#AE383D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F9

border

#D2CDD2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB79BE

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

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