#C79BD2#C79BD2

#C79BD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.091 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79BD2
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(288, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(288, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 25.99, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 33.94, 319.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0692 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.091 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9058, 40.2389, 66.2562)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79BD2 #A6D29B

analogous

#AC9BD2 #C79BD2 #D29BC2

triadic

#C79BD2 #D2C79B #9BD2C7

tetradic

#C79BD2 #D2AC9B #A6D29B #9BC2D2

square

#C79BD2 #D2AC9B #A6D29B #9BC2D2

split-complementary

#C79BD2 #C2D29B #9BD2AC

monochromatic

#954BA7 #AF71BF #C79BD2 #DFC5E5 #F3EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C79BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C79BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79BD2

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79BD2	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)

#95A7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.091 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b9e0',
    500: '#c79bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79bd2;
$custom-light: #d8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74845,
    "c": 0.0911,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79BD2

secondary

#E0EBDD

accent

#B1354D

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79BD2

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

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