#A79BB6#A79BB6

#A79BB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.041 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BB6
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(267, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 15%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 9.61, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 15.68, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0238 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.041 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0997, 35.0357, 49.1077)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BB6 #AAB69B

analogous

#9B9CB6 #A79BB6 #B49BB6

triadic

#A79BB6 #B6A79B #9BB6A7

tetradic

#A79BB6 #B69B9C #AAB69B #9BB6B4

square

#A79BB6 #B69B9C #AAB69B #9BB6B4

split-complementary

#A79BB6 #B6B49B #9CB69B

monochromatic

#695B7C #88789C #A79BB6 #C6BED0 #E5E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A79BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A79BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BB6

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BB6	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.041 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8cb',
    500: '#a79bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bb6;
$custom-light: #c1b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 15.607,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70861,
    "c": 0.04096,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BB6

secondary

#D7DBD2

accent

#9A4C77

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BB6

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

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