#C798E2#C798E2

#C798E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C798E2
RGB	rgb(199, 152, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(278, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 30.89, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 43.62, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.078 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.115 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5066, 40.0903, 77.1197)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C798E2 #B3E298

analogous

#A298E2 #C798E2 #E298D8

triadic

#C798E2 #E2C798 #98E2C7

tetradic

#C798E2 #E2A298 #B3E298 #98D8E2

square

#C798E2 #E2A298 #B3E298 #98D8E2

split-complementary

#C798E2 #D8E298 #98E2A2

monochromatic

#9338C7 #AD68D5 #C798E2 #E1C8EF #F2E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C798E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C798E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C798E2

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C798E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C798E2	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c798e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 152, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b7eb',
    500: '#c798e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c798e2;
$custom-light: #d9b7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c798e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 56.061,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7496,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C798E2

secondary

#E3F0DB

accent

#C4225D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C798E2

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

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