#C78BEC#C78BEC

#C78BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78BEC
RGB	rgb(199, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(277, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 40.10, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 56.78, 314.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0989 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.149 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9235, 36.6643, 83.8930)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78BEC #B0EC8B

analogous

#968BEC #C78BEC #EC8BE1

triadic

#C78BEC #ECC78B #8BECC7

tetradic

#C78BEC #EC968B #B0EC8B #8BE1EC

square

#C78BEC #EC968B #B0EC8B #8BE1EC

split-complementary

#C78BEC #E1EC8B #8BEC96

monochromatic

#9424D9 #AE56E3 #C78BEC #E0C0F5 #F2E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#C78BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#C78BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78BEC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78BEC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C399B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aef2',
    500: '#c78bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78bec;
$custom-light: #d9aef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.113,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.14893,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78BEC

secondary

#E2F2D9

accent

#D4125C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78BEC

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

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