#C798E9#C798E9

#C798E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C798E9
RGB	rgb(199, 152, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(275, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 32.36, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 47.10, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0797 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.123 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.4868, 40.4824, 82.2819)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C798E9 #BAE998

analogous

#9E98E9 #C798E9 #E998E2

triadic

#C798E9 #E9C798 #98E9C7

tetradic

#C798E9 #E99E98 #BAE998 #98E2E9

square

#C798E9 #E99E98 #BAE998 #98E2E9

split-complementary

#C798E9 #E2E998 #98E99E

monochromatic

#9033D3 #AC66DE #C798E9 #E2CAF4 #F1E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C798E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#C798E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C798E9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C798E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C798E9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c798e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 152, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b7f0',
    500: '#c798e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c798e9;
$custom-light: #d9b7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c798e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.815,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C798E9

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CD1964

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C798E9

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

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