#C79DEC#C79DEC

#C79DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79DEC
RGB	rgb(199, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 30.26, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 45.43, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0733 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.119 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7477, 42.3126, 84.8343)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79DEC #C2EC9D

analogous

#A09DEC #C79DEC #EC9DE9

triadic

#C79DEC #ECC79D #9DECC7

tetradic

#C79DEC #ECA09D #C2EC9D #9DE9EC

square

#C79DEC #ECA09D #C2EC9D #9DE9EC

split-complementary

#C79DEC #E9EC9D #9DECA0

monochromatic

#8C36D8 #AA6AE2 #C79DEC #E4D0F6 #F0E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C79DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C79DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79DEC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79DEC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EACEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9baf2',
    500: '#c79dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79dec;
$custom-light: #d9baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76272,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79DEC

secondary

#E5F2D9

accent

#CF166D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79DEC

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

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