#A79CE9#A79CE9

#A79CE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.110 H 289.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CE9
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 233)
HSL	hsl(249, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(249, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 33%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 20.67, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 42.70, 298.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0377 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.11 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5291, 37.8748, 82.1449)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CE9 #DEE99C

analogous

#9CB8E9 #A79CE9 #CE9CE9

triadic

#A79CE9 #E9A79C #9CE9A7

tetradic

#A79CE9 #E99CB8 #DEE99C #9CE9CE

square

#A79CE9 #E99CB8 #DEE99C #9CE9CE

split-complementary

#A79CE9 #E9CE9C #B8E99C

monochromatic

#4E38D3 #7A6ADE #A79CE9 #D4CEF4 #E9E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A79CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A79CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CE9

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CE9	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98AAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.110 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9f0',
    500: '#a79ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ce9;
$custom-light: #c2b9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CE9

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CB1AB2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CE9

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

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