#C79EE5#C79EE5

#C79EE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.108 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EE5
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 229)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(275, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 28.22, -30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 41.27, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0701 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.108 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9204, 42.2535, 79.6395)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EE5 #BCE59E

analogous

#A39EE5 #C79EE5 #E59EDF

triadic

#C79EE5 #E5C79E #9EE5C7

tetradic

#C79EE5 #E5A39E #BCE59E #9EDFE5

square

#C79EE5 #E5A39E #BCE59E #9EDFE5

split-complementary

#C79EE5 #DFE59E #9EE5A3

monochromatic

#8F3DCB #AB6ED8 #C79EE5 #E3CEF2 #F1E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C79EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C79EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EE5

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EE5	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.108 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bbed',
    500: '#c79ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79ee5;
$custom-light: #d8bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EE5

secondary

#E4F0DB

accent

#C52066

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EE5

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

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