#A79CBB#A79CBB

#A79CBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.046 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CBB
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(261, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 10.10, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 17.71, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.024 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.046 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7927, 35.5803, 51.9334)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CBB #B0BB9C

analogous

#9CA1BB #A79CBB #B79CBB

triadic

#A79CBB #BBA79C #9CBBA7

tetradic

#A79CBB #BB9CA1 #B0BB9C #9CBBB7

square

#A79CBB #BB9CA1 #B0BB9C #9CBBB7

split-complementary

#A79CBB #BBB79C #A1BB9C

monochromatic

#685A83 #8778A2 #A79CBB #C7C0D4 #E7E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A79CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A79CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CBB

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CBB	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.046 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9cf',
    500: '#a79cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79cbb;
$custom-light: #c1b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.29,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71243,
    "c": 0.04608,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CBB

secondary

#DBDED5

accent

#9D497F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CBB

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

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