#C979BC#C979BC

#C979BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.131 H 333.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C979BC
RGB	rgb(201, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(310, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(310, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 41.01, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 46.56, 331.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.1171 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.131 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0016, 29.7252, 51.1977)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C979BC #79C986

analogous

#AE79C9 #C979BC #C97994

triadic

#C979BC #BCC979 #79BCC9

tetradic

#C979BC #C9AE79 #79C986 #7994C9

square

#C979BC #C9AE79 #79C986 #7994C9

split-complementary

#C979BC #94C979 #79C9AE

monochromatic

#8E3980 #B74DA6 #C979BC #DBA5D2 #ECD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C979BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#C979BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C979BC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C979BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C979BC	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c979bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.131 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba1d0',
    500: '#c979bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c979bc;
$custom-light: #dba1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c979bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.75,
    "s": 42.553,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C979BC

secondary

#C1DDC5

accent

#B64630

background

#FDFAFC

surface

#FBF3F9

border

#D4CDD2

text

#150F14

muted

#837F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C979BC

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

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