#A79CB3#A79CB3

#A79CB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.035 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CB3
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(269, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 8.44, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 13.44, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0212 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.035 307)
XYZ	xyz(35.9601, 35.2472, 47.5480)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CB3 #A8B39C

analogous

#9C9CB3 #A79CB3 #B29CB3

triadic

#A79CB3 #B3A79C #9CB3A7

tetradic

#A79CB3 #B39C9C #A8B39C #9CB3B2

square

#A79CB3 #B39C9C #A8B39C #9CB3B2

split-complementary

#A79CB3 #B3B29C #9CB39C

monochromatic

#6A5C78 #887998 #A79CB3 #C6BFCE #E5E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A79CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A79CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CB3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CB3	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.035 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c9',
    500: '#a79cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79cb3;
$custom-light: #c1b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 13.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70957,
    "c": 0.03517,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.35247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CB3

secondary

#D6D9D2

accent

#974E74

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CB3

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

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