#A79AAA#A79AAA

#A79AAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.027 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79AAA
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 170)
HSL	hsl(289, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(289, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 7.76, -6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 10.19, 319.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0209 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.027 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7465, 34.2292, 42.7988)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79AAA #9DAA9A

analogous

#9F9AAA #A79AAA #AA9AA5

triadic

#A79AAA #AAA79A #9AAAA7

tetradic

#A79AAA #AA9F9A #9DAA9A #9AA5AA

square

#A79AAA #AA9F9A #9DAA9A #9AA5AA

split-complementary

#A79AAA #A5AA9A #9AAA9F

monochromatic

#6A5C6D #8A798E #A79AAA #C4BBC6 #E1DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A79AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A79AAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79AAA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79AAA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.027 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7c3',
    500: '#a79aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79aaa;
$custom-light: #c1b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.02729,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79AAA

secondary

#CED3CD

accent

#93535F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79AAA

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

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