#A79BB5#A79BB5

#A79BB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.040 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BB5
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(268, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 9.41, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 15.15, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0234 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.04 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9967, 34.9945, 48.5653)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BB5 #A9B59B

analogous

#9B9CB5 #A79BB5 #B49BB5

triadic

#A79BB5 #B5A79B #9BB5A7

tetradic

#A79BB5 #B59B9C #A9B59B #9BB5B4

square

#A79BB5 #B59B9C #A9B59B #9BB5B4

split-complementary

#A79BB5 #B5B49B #9CB59B

monochromatic

#6A5B7B #88789B #A79BB5 #C6BECF #E5E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A79BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A79BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BB5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BB5	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.040 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8cb',
    500: '#a79bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bb5;
$custom-light: #c1b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70825,
    "c": 0.03961,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BB5

secondary

#D6DAD2

accent

#994C76

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BB5

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

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