#A79BD2#A79BD2

#A79BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.080 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79BD2
RGB	rgb(167, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 15.75, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 30.82, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0329 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.08 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2879, 36.3110, 65.8991)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79BD2 #C6D29B

analogous

#9BABD2 #A79BD2 #C39BD2

triadic

#A79BD2 #D2A79B #9BD2A7

tetradic

#A79BD2 #D29BAB #C6D29B #9BD2C3

square

#A79BD2 #D29BAB #C6D29B #9BD2C3

split-complementary

#A79BD2 #D2C39B #ABD29B

monochromatic

#5F4BA7 #8271BF #A79BD2 #CCC5E5 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A79BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A79BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79BD2

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79BD2	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.080 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8e0',
    500: '#a79bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79bd2;
$custom-light: #c2b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.091,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71945,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79BD2

secondary

#E8EBDD

accent

#B13596

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79BD2

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

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