#A79EAE#A79EAE

#A79EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.025 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79EAE
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(274, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 6.32, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 9.51, 311.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0163 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.025 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8019, 35.7253, 45.0458)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79EAE #A5AE9E

analogous

#9F9EAE #A79EAE #AE9EAD

triadic

#A79EAE #AEA79E #9EAEA7

tetradic

#A79EAE #AE9F9E #A5AE9E #9EADAE

square

#A79EAE #AE9F9E #A5AE9E #9EADAE

split-complementary

#A79EAE #ADAE9E #9EAE9F

monochromatic

#6A5F72 #897D92 #A79EAE #C5BFCA #E4E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A79EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A79EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79EAE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79EAE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.025 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bac6',
    500: '#a79eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79eae;
$custom-light: #c1bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.02503,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79EAE

secondary

#D4D7D1

accent

#93536F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79EAE

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

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