#CA79E6#CA79E6

#CA79E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.173 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA79E6
RGB	rgb(202, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 49.26, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 65.20, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.1266 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.173 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4753, 31.9459, 78.6182)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA79E6 #95E679

analogous

#9479E6 #CA79E6 #E679CC

triadic

#CA79E6 #E6CA79 #79E6CA

tetradic

#CA79E6 #E69479 #95E679 #79CCE6

square

#CA79E6 #E69479 #95E679 #79CCE6

split-complementary

#CA79E6 #CCE679 #79E694

monochromatic

#9824C1 #B645DC #CA79E6 #DEADF0 #F3E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CA79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CA79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CA79E6

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA79E6	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C989A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.173 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca2ee',
    500: '#ca79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca79e6;
$custom-light: #dca2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.587,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.17332,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA79E6

secondary

#D6EECD

accent

#D01545

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA79E6

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

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