#C797DB#C797DB

#C797DB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C797DB
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 29.99, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 40.84, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0777 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.109 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4040, 39.3907, 72.1101)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C797DB #ABDB97

analogous

#A597DB #C797DB #DB97CD

triadic

#C797DB #DBC797 #97DBC7

tetradic

#C797DB #DBA597 #ABDB97 #97CDDB

square

#C797DB #DBA597 #ABDB97 #97CDDB

split-complementary

#C797DB #CDDB97 #97DBA5

monochromatic

#9540B8 #AF6ACB #C797DB #DFC4EB #F3E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C797DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C797DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C797DB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C797DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C797DB	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69FB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c797db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b6e6',
    500: '#c797db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c797db;
$custom-light: #d8b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c797db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7449,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C797DB

secondary

#E2EEDD

accent

#BC2A55

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C797DB

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

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