#C799DF#C799DF

#C799DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C799DF
RGB	rgb(199, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 29.72, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 41.51, 315.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0758 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.11 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2616, 40.2531, 75.0250)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C799DF #B1DF99

analogous

#A499DF #C799DF #DF99D4

triadic

#C799DF #DFC799 #99DFC7

tetradic

#C799DF #DFA499 #B1DF99 #99D4DF

square

#C799DF #DFA499 #B1DF99 #99D4DF

split-complementary

#C799DF #D4DF99 #99DFA4

monochromatic

#943DC1 #AD6AD0 #C799DF #E1C8EE #F2E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C799DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C799DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C799DF

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C799DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C799DF	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)

#8EA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c799df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b7e9',
    500: '#c799df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c799df;
$custom-light: #d9b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c799df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7501,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C799DF

secondary

#E3EFDC

accent

#C0265B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C799DF

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

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