#A79CEC#A79CEC

#A79CEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.115 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79CEC
RGB	rgb(167, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(248, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(248, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 21.41, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 44.33, 298.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0384 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.115 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9613, 38.0477, 84.4211)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79CEC #E1EC9C

analogous

#9CB9EC #A79CEC #CF9CEC

triadic

#A79CEC #ECA79C #9CECA7

tetradic

#A79CEC #EC9CB9 #E1EC9C #9CECCF

square

#A79CEC #EC9CB9 #E1EC9C #9CECCF

split-complementary

#A79CEC #ECCF9C #B9EC9C

monochromatic

#4C35D8 #7969E2 #A79CEC #D5CFF6 #E8E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A79CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A79CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79CEC

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79CEC	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97AAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.115 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9f2',
    500: '#a79cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79cec;
$custom-light: #c3b9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.25,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7329,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79CEC

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D016B6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79CEC

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

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