#A79DBB#A79DBB

#A79DBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.044 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79DBB
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(260, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 9.54, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 17.07, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0225 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.044 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9612, 35.9173, 51.9896)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79DBB #B1BB9D

analogous

#9DA2BB #A79DBB #B69DBB

triadic

#A79DBB #BBA79D #9DBBA7

tetradic

#A79DBB #BB9DA2 #B1BB9D #9DBBB6

square

#A79DBB #BB9DA2 #B1BB9D #9DBBB6

split-complementary

#A79DBB #BBB69D #A2BB9D

monochromatic

#685B83 #8779A2 #A79DBB #C7C1D4 #E8E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A79DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A79DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79DBB

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79DBB	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.044 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9cf',
    500: '#a79dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79dbb;
$custom-light: #c1b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.0444,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79DBB

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9C4981

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79DBB

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

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