#C79EDD#C79EDD

#C79EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.099 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EDD
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(279, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 26.55, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 37.30, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0679 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.099 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8291, 41.8170, 73.8918)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EDD #B4DD9E

analogous

#A89EDD #C79EDD #DD9ED4

triadic

#C79EDD #DDC79E #9EDDC7

tetradic

#C79EDD #DDA89E #B4DD9E #9ED4DD

square

#C79EDD #DDA89E #B4DD9E #9ED4DD

split-complementary

#C79EDD #D4DD9E #9EDDA8

monochromatic

#9343BD #AD71CD #C79EDD #E1CBED #F2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C79EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C79EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EDD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EDD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.099 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bbe7',
    500: '#c79edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79edd;
$custom-light: #d8bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EDD

secondary

#E3EEDD

accent

#BB2A5D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FC

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#838084

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EDD

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

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