#C797CF#C797CF

#C797CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C797CF
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(291, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 27.60, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 35.15, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0744 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.095 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8809, 38.7814, 64.0880)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C797CF #9FCF97

analogous

#AB97CF #C797CF #CF97BB

triadic

#C797CF #CFC797 #97CFC7

tetradic

#C797CF #CFAB97 #9FCF97 #97BBCF

square

#C797CF #CFAB97 #9FCF97 #97BBCF

split-complementary

#C797CF #BBCF97 #97CFAB

monochromatic

#954AA1 #B06DBC #C797CF #DEC1E2 #F4EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C797CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C797CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C797CF

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C797CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C797CF	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c797cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6dd',
    500: '#c797cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c797cf;
$custom-light: #d8b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c797cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C797CF

secondary

#DBE9D9

accent

#B03647

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C797CF

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

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