#A79BBF#A79BBF

#A79BBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.053 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BBF
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(260, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 11.51, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 20.50, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0269 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.053 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0598, 35.4197, 54.1644)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BBF #B3BF9B

analogous

#9BA1BF #A79BBF #B99BBF

triadic

#A79BBF #BFA79B #9BBFA7

tetradic

#A79BBF #BF9BA1 #B3BF9B #9BBFB9

square

#A79BBF #BF9BA1 #B3BF9B #9BBFB9

split-complementary

#A79BBF #BFB99B #A1BF9B

monochromatic

#685788 #8676A7 #A79BBF #C8C0D7 #E9E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A79BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A79BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BBF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BBF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.053 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8d2',
    500: '#a79bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bbf;
$custom-light: #c1b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71191,
    "c": 0.05331,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BBF

secondary

#DDE0D5

accent

#A04582

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BBF

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

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