#A79CAA#A79CAA

#A79CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.024 H 318.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CAA
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(287, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 6.64, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 8.84, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0178 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.024 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0794, 34.8949, 42.9098)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CAA #9FAA9C

analogous

#A09CAA #A79CAA #AA9CA6

triadic

#A79CAA #AAA79C #9CAAA7

tetradic

#A79CAA #AAA09C #9FAA9C #9CA6AA

square

#A79CAA #AAA09C #9FAA9C #9CA6AA

split-complementary

#A79CAA #A6AA9C #9CAAA0

monochromatic

#6A5E6E #8A7B8E #A79CAA #C4BDC6 #E2DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A79CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A79CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CAA

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CAA	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.024 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c3',
    500: '#a79caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79caa;
$custom-light: #c1b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.02362,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CAA

secondary

#CFD3CE

accent

#925461

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CAA

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

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