#A79BCD#A79BCD

#A79BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.073 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BCD
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 14.60, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 28.10, 301.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0314 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.073 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6747, 36.0657, 62.6696)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BCD #C1CD9B

analogous

#9BA8CD #A79BCD #C09BCD

triadic

#A79BCD #CDA79B #9BCDA7

tetradic

#A79BCD #CD9BA8 #C1CD9B #9BCDC0

square

#A79BCD #CD9BA8 #C1CD9B #9BCDC0

split-complementary

#A79BCD #CDC09B #A8CD9B

monochromatic

#624F9E #8372B9 #A79BCD #CBC4E1 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A79BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A79BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BCD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BCD	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.073 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b8dc',
    500: '#a79bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bcd;
$custom-light: #c1b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71739,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BCD

secondary

#E5E9DB

accent

#AC3991

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BCD

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

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