#C79EE9#C79EE9

#C79EE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EE9
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(273, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 29.07, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 43.28, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0711 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.113 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4853, 42.4795, 82.6148)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EE9 #C0E99E

analogous

#A29EE9 #C79EE9 #E99EE6

triadic

#C79EE9 #E9C79E #9EE9C7

tetradic

#C79EE9 #E9A29E #C0E99E #9EE6E9

square

#C79EE9 #E9A29E #C0E99E #9EE6E9

split-complementary

#C79EE9 #E6E99E #9EE9A2

monochromatic

#8D3AD2 #AA6CDE #C79EE9 #E4D0F4 #F1E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C79EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C79EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EE9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EE9	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ACEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bbf0',
    500: '#c79ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79ee9;
$custom-light: #d9bbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.8,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7632,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EE9

secondary

#E4F1DA

accent

#CB1B6B

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151216

muted

#838184

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EE9

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

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