#C79EEB#C79EEB

#C79EEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C79EEB
RGB	rgb(199, 158, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(272, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 29.49, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 44.29, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% 0.0716 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.116 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7727, 42.5944, 84.1280)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79EEB #C2EB9E

analogous

#A19EEB #C79EEB #EB9EE9

triadic

#C79EEB #EBC79E #9EEBC7

tetradic

#C79EEB #EBA19E #C2EB9E #9EE9EB

square

#C79EEB #EBA19E #C2EB9E #9EE9EB

split-complementary

#C79EEB #E9EB9E #9EEBA1

monochromatic

#8C39D6 #AA6BE1 #C79EEB #E4D1F5 #F0E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C79EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C79EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79EEB

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79EEB	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 158, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bbf1',
    500: '#c79eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79eeb;
$custom-light: #d9bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.948,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76406,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79EEB

secondary

#E5F1DA

accent

#CE186D

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79EEB

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

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