#CD79E6#CD79E6

#CD79E6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.175 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD79E6
RGB	rgb(205, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(286, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(286, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, 50.10, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 65.46, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.1301 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.175 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2952, 32.3686, 78.6567)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD79E6 #92E679

analogous

#9779E6 #CD79E6 #E679C8

triadic

#CD79E6 #E6CD79 #79E6CD

tetradic

#CD79E6 #E69779 #92E679 #79C8E6

square

#CD79E6 #E69779 #92E679 #79C8E6

split-complementary

#CD79E6 #C8E679 #79E697

monochromatic

#9D24C1 #BA45DC #CD79E6 #E0ADF0 #F3E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#CD79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD79E6

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD79E6	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6695EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD88A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.175 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea2ee',
    500: '#cd79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd79e6;
$custom-light: #dea2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.239,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7073,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD79E6

secondary

#D5EECD

accent

#D01540

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD79E6

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

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