#C79BC2#C79BC2

#C79BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.074 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79BC2
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(307, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(307, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 2.5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 22.93, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 26.75, 328.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0642 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.074 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0112, 39.4811, 56.2780)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79BC2 #9BC7A0

analogous

#B69BC7 #C79BC2 #C79BAC

triadic

#C79BC2 #C2C79B #9BC2C7

tetradic

#C79BC2 #C7B69B #9BC7A0 #9BACC7

square

#C79BC2 #C7B69B #9BC7A0 #9BACC7

split-complementary

#C79BC2 #ACC79B #9BC7B6

monochromatic

#94538D #B174AA #C79BC2 #DDC2DA #F3E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C79BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C79BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79BC2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79BC2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.074 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b8d4',
    500: '#c79bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79bc2;
$custom-light: #d8b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.818,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.07407,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79BC2

secondary

#D9E5DA

accent

#A74B3F

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FA

border

#D3D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79BC2

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

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