#C79CCE#C79CCE

#C79CCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.085 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79CCE
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(292, 34%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(292, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 24.65, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 31.41, 321.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.0665 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.085 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5808, 40.3763, 63.7202)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79CCE #A3CE9C

analogous

#AE9CCE #C79CCE #CE9CBC

triadic

#C79CCE #CEC79C #9CCEC7

tetradic

#C79CCE #CEAE9C #A3CE9C #9CBCCE

square

#C79CCE #CEAE9C #A3CE9C #9CBCCE

split-complementary

#C79CCE #BCCE9C #9CCEAE

monochromatic

#954FA0 #B073BA #C79CCE #DEC5E2 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C79CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C79CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79CCE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79CCE	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.085 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b9dd',
    500: '#c79cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79cce;
$custom-light: #d8b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.6,
    "s": 33.784,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79CCE

secondary

#DEEADC

accent

#AD3949

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79CCE

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

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