#C79DCD#C79DCD

#C79DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.082 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79DCD
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(293, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 23.91, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 30.30, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0647 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.082 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6282, 40.6649, 63.1386)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79DCD #A3CD9D

analogous

#AF9DCD #C79DCD #CD9DBB

triadic

#C79DCD #CDC79D #9DCDC7

tetradic

#C79DCD #CDAF9D #A3CD9D #9DBBCD

square

#C79DCD #CDAF9D #A3CD9D #9DBBCD

split-complementary

#C79DCD #BBCD9D #9DCDAF

monochromatic

#95519F #B074B8 #C79DCD #DEC6E2 #F3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C79DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C79DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79DCD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79DCD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.082 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8badc',
    500: '#c79dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79dcd;
$custom-light: #d8badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75018,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79DCD

secondary

#DEE9DD

accent

#AB3A48

background

#FDFBFD

surface

#FAF6FB

border

#D3D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#838083

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79DCD

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

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