#A79BB0#A79BB0

#A79BB0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.033 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BB0
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 176)
HSL	hsl(274, 12%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 12%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 8.39, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 12.53, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0216 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.033 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4929, 34.7929, 45.9118)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BB0 #A4B09B

analogous

#9D9BB0 #A79BB0 #B09BAF

triadic

#A79BB0 #B0A79B #9BB0A7

tetradic

#A79BB0 #B09D9B #A4B09B #9BAFB0

square

#A79BB0 #B09D9B #A4B09B #9BAFB0

split-complementary

#A79BB0 #AFB09B #9BB09D

monochromatic

#6A5C75 #897995 #A79BB0 #C5BDCB #E3DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A79BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A79BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BB0

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BB0	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69DA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.033 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8c7',
    500: '#a79bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bb0;
$custom-light: #c1b8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 11.732,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70651,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BB0

secondary

#D3D7D0

accent

#96506E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BB0

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

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