#C79BEE#C79BEE

#C79BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.124 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79BEE
RGB	rgb(199, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 31.79, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 47.71, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0766 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.125 308)
XYZ	xyz(50.7042, 41.7583, 86.2614)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79BEE #C2EE9B

analogous

#9E9BEE #C79BEE #EE9BEC

triadic

#C79BEE #EEC79B #9BEEC7

tetradic

#C79BEE #EE9E9B #C2EE9B #9BECEE

square

#C79BEE #EE9E9B #C2EE9B #9BECEE

split-complementary

#C79BEE #ECEE9B #9BEE9E

monochromatic

#8C32DC #AA67E5 #C79BEE #E4CFF7 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C79BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C79BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79BEE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79BEE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.124 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b9f4',
    500: '#c79bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79bee;
$custom-light: #d9b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.807,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76008,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.41758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79BEE

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D3136D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79BEE

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

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