#A79CB2#A79CB2

#A79CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.034 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CB2
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 8.23, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 12.91, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0208 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.034 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8593, 35.2069, 47.0173)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CB2 #A7B29C

analogous

#9C9CB2 #A79CB2 #B29CB2

triadic

#A79CB2 #B2A79C #9CB2A7

tetradic

#A79CB2 #B29C9C #A7B29C #9CB2B2

square

#A79CB2 #B29C9C #A7B29C #9CB2B2

split-complementary

#A79CB2 #B2B29C #9CB29C

monochromatic

#6A5D77 #887A97 #A79CB2 #C6BECD #E4E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A79CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A79CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CB2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CB2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.034 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c9',
    500: '#a79cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79cb2;
$custom-light: #c1b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.03384,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CB2

secondary

#D5D9D1

accent

#974F73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CB2

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

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