#A79DAD#A79DAD

#A79DAD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.026 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79DAD
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(278, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 6.67, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 9.66, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0174 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.026 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5349, 35.3467, 44.4776)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79DAD #A3AD9D

analogous

#9F9DAD #A79DAD #AD9DAB

triadic

#A79DAD #ADA79D #9DADA7

tetradic

#A79DAD #AD9F9D #A3AD9D #9DABAD

square

#A79DAD #AD9F9D #A3AD9D #9DABAD

split-complementary

#A79DAD #ABAD9D #9DAD9F

monochromatic

#6A5F71 #897C91 #A79DAD #C5BEC9 #E3E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A79DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A79DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79DAD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79DAD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.026 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c5',
    500: '#a79dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79dad;
$custom-light: #c1b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70956,
    "c": 0.02553,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79DAD

secondary

#D2D6D0

accent

#93536B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79DAD

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

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