Lavender (survey)#C79FEF

#C79FEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Lavender (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#C79FEF
RGB	rgb(199, 159, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 29.81, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 45.68, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% 0.0711 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.119 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5283, 43.1707, 87.2628)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C79FEF #C7EF9F

analogous

#9F9FEF #C79FEF #EF9FEF

triadic

#C79FEF #EFC79F #9FEFC7

tetradic

#C79FEF #EF9F9F #C7EF9F #9FEFEF

square

#C79FEF #EF9F9F #C7EF9F #9FEFEF

split-complementary

#C79FEF #EFEF9F #9FEF9F

monochromatic

#8A36DE #A86BE6 #C79FEF #E6D3F8 #F0E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C79FEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C79FEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C79FEF

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C79FEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C79FEF	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c79fef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 159, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bbf4',
    500: '#c79fef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c79fef;
$custom-light: #d9bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c79fef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76757,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C79FEF

secondary

#E6F2D9

accent

#D31273

background

#FDFBFE

surface

#FAF6FD

border

#D3D0D5

text

#151217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #C79FEF

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

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