#CD79E9#CD79E9

#CD79E9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.178 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD79E9
RGB	rgb(205, 121, 233)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 48.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 50.70, -43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 66.85, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.1305 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.178 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7201, 32.5386, 80.8945)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD79E9 #95E979

analogous

#9579E9 #CD79E9 #E979CD

triadic

#CD79E9 #E9CD79 #79E9CD

tetradic

#CD79E9 #E99579 #95E979 #79CDE9

square

#CD79E9 #E99579 #95E979 #79CDE9

split-complementary

#CD79E9 #CDE979 #79E995

monochromatic

#9D21C7 #B944E0 #CD79E9 #E1AEF2 #F4E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CD79E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CD79E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD79E9

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD79E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD79E9	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC89A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd79e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 121, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.178 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea2f0',
    500: '#cd79e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd79e9;
$custom-light: #dea2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd79e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.17787,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD79E9

secondary

#D7EFCF

accent

#D41242

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FBF4FD

border

#D4CED5

text

#150F16

muted

#837F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD79E9

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

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