#A79CA3#A79CA3

#A79CA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.016 H 339.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CA3
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(322, 6%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(322, 7%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 2.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 5.30, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 5.74, 337.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0151 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.016 339.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4348, 34.6371, 39.5148)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CA3 #9CA7A0

analogous

#A59CA7 #A79CA3 #A79C9D

triadic

#A79CA3 #A3A79C #9CA3A7

tetradic

#A79CA3 #A7A59C #9CA7A0 #9C9DA7

square

#A79CA3 #A7A59C #9CA7A0 #9C9DA7

split-complementary

#A79CA3 #9DA79C #9CA7A5

monochromatic

#6A5E66 #8A7C85 #A79CA3 #C4BCC1 #E1DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A79CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A79CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CA3

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CA3	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.016 339.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9be',
    500: '#a79ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ca3;
$custom-light: #c1b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.818,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.01618,
    "h": 339.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CA3

secondary

#CDD1CF

accent

#906B56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CA3

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

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