#C797CD#C797CD

#C797CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.093 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C797CD
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(293, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 27.21, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 34.23, 322.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0738 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.093 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6379, 38.6843, 62.8085)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C797CD #9DCD97

analogous

#AC97CD #C797CD #CD97B8

triadic

#C797CD #CDC797 #97CDC7

tetradic

#C797CD #CDAC97 #9DCD97 #97B8CD

square

#C797CD #CDAC97 #9DCD97 #97B8CD

split-complementary

#C797CD #B8CD97 #97CDAC

monochromatic

#954C9E #B16EB9 #C797CD #DDC0E1 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C797CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C797CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C797CD

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C797CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C797CD	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c797cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.093 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6dc',
    500: '#c797cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c797cd;
$custom-light: #d8b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c797cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C797CD

secondary

#DAE8D8

accent

#AE3845

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C797CD

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

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