#C797EB#C797EB

#C797EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C797EB
RGB	rgb(199, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(274, 36%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 33.34, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 48.73, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0816 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.128 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6125, 40.2741, 83.7412)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C797EB #BBEB97

analogous

#9D97EB #C797EB #EB97E5

triadic

#C797EB #EBC797 #97EBC7

tetradic

#C797EB #EB9D97 #BBEB97 #97E5EB

square

#C797EB #EB9D97 #BBEB97 #97E5EB

split-complementary

#C797EB #E5EB97 #97EB9D

monochromatic

#9030D7 #AB64E1 #C797EB #E3CAF5 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C797EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C797EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C797EB

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C797EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C797EB	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c797eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b6f1',
    500: '#c797eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c797eb;
$custom-light: #d9b6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c797eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75178,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C797EB

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D01665

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C797EB

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

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