#A79CEB#A79CEB

#A79CEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CEB
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(248, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(248, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 21.16, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 43.79, 298.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0381 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.113 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8164, 37.9897, 83.6581)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CEB #E0EB9C

analogous

#9CB9EB #A79CEB #CF9CEB

triadic

#A79CEB #EBA79C #9CEBA7

tetradic

#A79CEB #EB9CB9 #E0EB9C #9CEBCF

square

#A79CEB #EB9CB9 #E0EB9C #9CEBCF

split-complementary

#A79CEB #EBCF9C #B9EB9C

monochromatic

#4C36D6 #7A69E1 #A79CEB #D4CFF5 #E8E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A79CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A79CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CEB

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CEB	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9f1',
    500: '#a79ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ceb;
$custom-light: #c3b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.354,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73243,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CEB

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CE17B5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CEB

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

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