#A79BB3#A79BB3

#A79BB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.037 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BB3
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 9.00, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 14.09, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0227 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.037 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7930, 34.9130, 47.4923)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BB3 #A7B39B

analogous

#9B9BB3 #A79BB3 #B39BB3

triadic

#A79BB3 #B3A79B #9BB3A7

tetradic

#A79BB3 #B39B9B #A7B39B #9BB3B3

square

#A79BB3 #B39B9B #A7B39B #9BB3B3

split-complementary

#A79BB3 #B3B39B #9BB39B

monochromatic

#6A5B78 #887899 #A79BB3 #C6BECD #E4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A79BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A79BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BB3

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BB3	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.037 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8c9',
    500: '#a79bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bb3;
$custom-light: #c1b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.03693,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BB3

secondary

#D5D9D1

accent

#984E73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BB3

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

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