#C797DA#C797DA

#C797DA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C797DA
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 218)
HSL	hsl(283, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 29.79, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 40.36, 317.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0775 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.107 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2728, 39.3382, 71.4188)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C797DA #AADA97

analogous

#A597DA #C797DA #DA97CC

triadic

#C797DA #DAC797 #97DAC7

tetradic

#C797DA #DAA597 #AADA97 #97CCDA

square

#C797DA #DAA597 #AADA97 #97CCDA

split-complementary

#C797DA #CCDA97 #97DAA5

monochromatic

#9541B6 #AF6ACA #C797DA #DFC4EA #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C797DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C797DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C797DA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C797DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C797DA	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c797da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6e5',
    500: '#c797da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c797da;
$custom-light: #d8b6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c797da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.985,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C797DA

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BB2B54

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C797DA

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

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