#C78DEB#C78DEB

#C78DEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.144 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C78DEB
RGB	rgb(199, 141, 235)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(277, 40%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 40%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 38.80, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 55.04, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0959 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.144 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0709, 37.1908, 83.2274)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C78DEB #B1EB8D

analogous

#988DEB #C78DEB #EB8DE0

triadic

#C78DEB #EBC78D #8DEBC7

tetradic

#C78DEB #EB988D #B1EB8D #8DE0EB

square

#C78DEB #EB988D #B1EB8D #8DE0EB

split-complementary

#C78DEB #E0EB8D #8DEB98

monochromatic

#9426D8 #AD59E2 #C78DEB #E1C1F4 #F2E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C78DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#C78DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C78DEB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C78DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C78DEB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7BA1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c78deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 141, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.144 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aff2',
    500: '#c78deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c78deb;
$custom-light: #d9aff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c78deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73481,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C78DEB

secondary

#E3F2D9

accent

#D2135C

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#151017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C78DEB

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

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