#A79BB7#A79BB7

#A79BB7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.042 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BB7
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 9.82, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 16.21, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0241 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.042 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2034, 35.0771, 49.6539)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BB7 #ABB79B

analogous

#9B9DB7 #A79BB7 #B59BB7

triadic

#A79BB7 #B7A79B #9BB7A7

tetradic

#A79BB7 #B79B9D #ABB79B #9BB7B5

square

#A79BB7 #B79B9D #ABB79B #9BB7B5

split-complementary

#A79BB7 #B7B59B #9DB79B

monochromatic

#695A7D #88779D #A79BB7 #C6BFD1 #E6E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A79BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A79BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BB7

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BB7	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.042 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8cc',
    500: '#a79bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bb7;
$custom-light: #c1b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.04231,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BB7

secondary

#D8DBD2

accent

#9B4B78

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BB7

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

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