#C79CED#C79CED

#C79CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79CED
RGB	rgb(199, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 31.02, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 46.57, 311.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0749 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.122 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7249, 42.0339, 85.5455)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79CED #C2ED9C

analogous

#9F9CED #C79CED #ED9CEB

triadic

#C79CED #EDC79C #9CEDC7

tetradic

#C79CED #ED9F9C #C2ED9C #9CEBED

square

#C79CED #ED9F9C #C2ED9C #9CEBED

split-complementary

#C79CED #EBED9C #9CED9F

monochromatic

#8C34DA #AA68E4 #C79CED #E4D0F6 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C79CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C79CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79CED

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79CED	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b9f3',
    500: '#c79ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79ced;
$custom-light: #d9b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79CED

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#D1146D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79CED

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

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