#A79EB2#A79EB2

#A79EB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.030 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79EB2
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(267, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 7.12, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 11.61, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0178 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.03 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1977, 35.8836, 47.1301)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79EB2 #A9B29E

analogous

#9E9FB2 #A79EB2 #B19EB2

triadic

#A79EB2 #B2A79E #9EB2A7

tetradic

#A79EB2 #B29E9F #A9B29E #9EB2B1

square

#A79EB2 #B29E9F #A9B29E #9EB2B1

split-complementary

#A79EB2 #B2B19E #9FB29E

monochromatic

#6A5F77 #887C97 #A79EB2 #C6C0CD #E5E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A79EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A79EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79EB2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79EB2	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)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.030 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bac9',
    500: '#a79eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79eb2;
$custom-light: #c1bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 11.494,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71329,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79EB2

secondary

#D6D9D3

accent

#965076

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79EB2

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

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