#A79ABA#A79ABA

#A79ABA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.048 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79ABA
RGB	rgb(167, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(264, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 11.01, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 18.45, 306.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0267 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.048 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3532, 34.8719, 51.2606)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79ABA #ADBA9A

analogous

#9A9DBA #A79ABA #B79ABA

triadic

#A79ABA #BAA79A #9ABAA7

tetradic

#A79ABA #BA9A9D #ADBA9A #9ABAB7

square

#A79ABA #BA9A9D #ADBA9A #9ABAB7

split-complementary

#A79ABA #BAB79A #9DBA9A

monochromatic

#695881 #8776A1 #A79ABA #C7BED3 #E6E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A79ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A79ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79ABA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79ABA	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.048 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7ce',
    500: '#a79aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79aba;
$custom-light: #c1b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 18.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.04812,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79ABA

secondary

#D9DDD3

accent

#9D487B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79ABA

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

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