#CD79C8#CD79C8

#CD79C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.145 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD79C8
RGB	rgb(205, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(304, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, 44.40, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 52.14, 328.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.1245 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.145 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4389, 30.8261, 58.3470)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD79C8 #79CD7E

analogous

#A879CD #CD79C8 #CD799E

triadic

#CD79C8 #C8CD79 #79C8CD

tetradic

#CD79C8 #CDA879 #79CD7E #799ECD

square

#CD79C8 #CDA879 #79CD7E #799ECD

split-complementary

#CD79C8 #9ECD79 #79CDA8

monochromatic

#94378F #BC4CB6 #CD79C8 #DEA6DA #EED2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD79C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#CD79C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD79C8

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD79C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD79C8	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd79c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.145 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea2d9',
    500: '#cd79c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd79c8;
$custom-light: #dea2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd79c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69349,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD79C8

secondary

#C2E0C4

accent

#B9352D

background

#FDFAFD

surface

#FBF4FA

border

#D4CED3

text

#150F14

muted

#837F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD79C8

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

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