#C797CB#C797CB

#C797CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C797CB
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(295, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(295, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 26.83, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 33.32, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0732 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.091 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3980, 38.5883, 61.5452)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C797CB #9BCB97

analogous

#AD97CB #C797CB #CB97B5

triadic

#C797CB #CBC797 #97CBC7

tetradic

#C797CB #CBAD97 #9BCB97 #97B5CB

square

#C797CB #CBAD97 #9BCB97 #97B5CB

split-complementary

#C797CB #B5CB97 #97CBAD

monochromatic

#944D9A #B16EB7 #C797CB #DDC0DF #F3E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C797CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C797CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C797CB

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C797CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C797CB	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c797cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6db',
    500: '#c797cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c797cb;
$custom-light: #d8b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c797cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C797CB

secondary

#D9E6D7

accent

#AC3942

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C797CB

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

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