#A79DAE#A79DAE

#A79DAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.027 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79DAE
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(275, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 6.87, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 10.17, 312.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0178 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.027 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6320, 35.3856, 44.9891)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79DAE #A4AE9D

analogous

#9F9DAE #A79DAE #AE9DAC

triadic

#A79DAE #AEA79D #9DAEA7

tetradic

#A79DAE #AE9F9D #A4AE9D #9DACAE

square

#A79DAE #AE9F9D #A4AE9D #9DACAE

split-complementary

#A79DAE #ACAE9D #9DAE9F

monochromatic

#6A5E72 #897B92 #A79DAE #C5BFCA #E3E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A79DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A79DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79DAE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79DAE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.027 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c6',
    500: '#a79dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79dae;
$custom-light: #c1b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 9.497,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7099,
    "c": 0.02681,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79DAE

secondary

#D3D6D1

accent

#94526D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79DAE

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

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