#A79BB2#A79BB2

#A79BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.036 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BB2
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(271, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 8.79, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 13.57, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0223 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.036 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6922, 34.8727, 46.9616)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BB2 #A6B29B

analogous

#9B9BB2 #A79BB2 #B29BB1

triadic

#A79BB2 #B2A79B #9BB2A7

tetradic

#A79BB2 #B29B9B #A6B29B #9BB1B2

square

#A79BB2 #B29B9B #A6B29B #9BB1B2

split-complementary

#A79BB2 #B1B29B #9BB29B

monochromatic

#6A5C77 #897897 #A79BB2 #C5BECD #E4E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A79BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A79BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BB2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BB2	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)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.036 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8c9',
    500: '#a79bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bb2;
$custom-light: #c1b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7072,
    "c": 0.03561,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BB2

secondary

#D4D8D1

accent

#974E71

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BB2

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

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