#C79CD6#C79CD6

#C79CD6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.094 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79CD6
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(284, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(284, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 26.23, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 35.19, 318.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0689 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.094 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5775, 40.7750, 68.9693)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79CD6 #ABD69C

analogous

#AA9CD6 #C79CD6 #D69CC8

triadic

#C79CD6 #D6C79C #9CD6C7

tetradic

#C79CD6 #D6AA9C #ABD69C #9CC8D6

square

#C79CD6 #D6AA9C #ABD69C #9CC8D6

split-complementary

#C79CD6 #C8D69C #9CD6AA

monochromatic

#9549AF #AF71C4 #C79CD6 #DFC7E8 #F3E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C79CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#C79CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79CD6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79CD6	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.094 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b9e2',
    500: '#c79cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79cd6;
$custom-light: #d8b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.483,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79CD6

secondary

#E2EDDE

accent

#B43153

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79CD6

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

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