#A79DCD#A79DCD

#A79DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.070 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79DCD
RGB	rgb(167, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(253, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 13.48, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 26.85, 300.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0285 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.07 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0103, 36.7369, 62.7815)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79DCD #C3CD9D

analogous

#9DABCD #A79DCD #BF9DCD

triadic

#A79DCD #CDA79D #9DCDA7

tetradic

#A79DCD #CD9DAB #C3CD9D #9DCDBF

square

#A79DCD #CD9DAB #C3CD9D #9DCDBF

split-complementary

#A79DCD #CDBF9D #ABCD9D

monochromatic

#61519F #8374B8 #A79DCD #CBC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A79DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A79DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79DCD

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79DCD	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.070 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1badc',
    500: '#a79dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79dcd;
$custom-light: #c1badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72133,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79DCD

secondary

#E7E9DD

accent

#AB3A94

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79DCD

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

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