#C79CD2#C79CD2

#C79CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.089 H 319.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79CD2
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(288, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(288, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 25.44, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 33.28, 319.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% 0.0677 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.089 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0729, 40.5732, 66.3119)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79CD2 #A7D29C

analogous

#AC9CD2 #C79CD2 #D29CC2

triadic

#C79CD2 #D2C79C #9CD2C7

tetradic

#C79CD2 #D2AC9C #A7D29C #9CC2D2

square

#C79CD2 #D2AC9C #A7D29C #9CC2D2

split-complementary

#C79CD2 #C2D29C #9CD2AC

monochromatic

#954CA7 #AF72BF #C79CD2 #DFC6E5 #F3EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C79CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C79CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79CD2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79CD2	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.089 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b9e0',
    500: '#c79cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79cd2;
$custom-light: #d8b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75026,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79CD2

secondary

#E1ECDE

accent

#B0354E

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79CD2

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

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