#CD79E8#CD79E8

#CD79E8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.177 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD79E8
RGB	rgb(205, 121, 232)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 47.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 50.50, -43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 66.39, 319.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.1304 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.177 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5776, 32.4816, 80.1443)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD79E8 #94E879

analogous

#9679E8 #CD79E8 #E879CC

triadic

#CD79E8 #E8CD79 #79E8CD

tetradic

#CD79E8 #E89679 #94E879 #79CCE8

square

#CD79E8 #E89679 #94E879 #79CCE8

split-complementary

#CD79E8 #CCE879 #79E896

monochromatic

#9D22C5 #BA45DF #CD79E8 #E0ADF1 #F4E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CD79E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#CD79E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD79E8

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD79E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD79E8	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6595EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD89A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd79e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 121, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.177 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea2f0',
    500: '#cd79e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd79e8;
$custom-light: #dea2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd79e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70829,
    "c": 0.17683,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD79E8

secondary

#D6EFCE

accent

#D31341

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD79E8

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

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