#A79BBD#A79BBD

#A79BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.051 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BBD
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 11.08, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 19.42, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0262 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.051 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8412, 35.3323, 53.0132)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BBD #B1BD9B

analogous

#9BA0BD #A79BBD #B89BBD

triadic

#A79BBD #BDA79B #9BBDA7

tetradic

#A79BBD #BD9BA0 #B1BD9B #9BBDB8

square

#A79BBD #BD9BA0 #B1BD9B #9BBDB8

split-complementary

#A79BBD #BDB89B #A0BD9B

monochromatic

#685885 #8776A5 #A79BBD #C7C0D5 #E8E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A79BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A79BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BBD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BBD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.051 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8d1',
    500: '#a79bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bbd;
$custom-light: #c1b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.05054,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BBD

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9F4780

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BBD

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

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