#C79AED#C79AED

#C79AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79AED
RGB	rgb(199, 154, 237)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 35%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 32.12, -35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 47.84, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0778 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.125 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3920, 41.3682, 85.4345)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79AED #C0ED9A

analogous

#9E9AED #C79AED #ED9AEA

triadic

#C79AED #EDC79A #9AEDC7

tetradic

#C79AED #ED9E9A #C0ED9A #9AEAED

square

#C79AED #ED9E9A #C0ED9A #9AEAED

split-complementary

#C79AED #EAED9A #9AED9E

monochromatic

#8D32DA #AA66E4 #C79AED #E4CEF6 #F1E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C79AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C79AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79AED

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79AED	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 154, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b8f3',
    500: '#c79aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79aed;
$custom-light: #d9b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.53,
    "s": 69.748,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79AED

secondary

#E4F2D9

accent

#D2146B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FBF6FD

border

#D4D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79AED

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

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