#A79CD2#A79CD2

#A79CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.078 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CD2
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(252, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(252, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 15.18, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 30.20, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0315 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.078 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4550, 36.6452, 65.9548)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CD2 #C7D29C

analogous

#9CACD2 #A79CD2 #C29CD2

triadic

#A79CD2 #D2A79C #9CD2A7

tetradic

#A79CD2 #D29CAC #C7D29C #9CD2C2

square

#A79CD2 #D29CAC #C7D29C #9CD2C2

split-complementary

#A79CD2 #D2C29C #ACD29C

monochromatic

#5F4CA7 #8272BF #A79CD2 #CCC6E5 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A79CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A79CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CD2

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CD2	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.078 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9e0',
    500: '#a79cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79cd2;
$custom-light: #c2b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.222,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7214,
    "c": 0.07829,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CD2

secondary

#E9ECDE

accent

#B03597

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CD2

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

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