#A79EBB#A79EBB

#A79EBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.043 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79EBB
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 187)
HSL	hsl(259, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(259, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, 8.98, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 16.43, 303.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.021 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.043 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1311, 36.2570, 52.0462)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79EBB #B2BB9E

analogous

#9EA3BB #A79EBB #B69EBB

triadic

#A79EBB #BBA79E #9EBBA7

tetradic

#A79EBB #BB9EA3 #B2BB9E #9EBBB6

square

#A79EBB #BB9EA3 #B2BB9E #9EBBB6

split-complementary

#A79EBB #BBB69E #A3BB9E

monochromatic

#685C83 #867AA2 #A79EBB #C8C2D4 #E8E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A79EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A79EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79EBB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79EBB	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.043 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bacf',
    500: '#a79ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ebb;
$custom-light: #c1bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 17.576,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71645,
    "c": 0.04273,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79EBB

secondary

#DCDFD6

accent

#9C4A82

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79EBB

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

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