#A79EBD#A79EBD

#A79EBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.046 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79EBD
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(257, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 9.40, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 17.52, 302.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0217 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.046 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3467, 36.3432, 53.1817)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79EBD #B4BD9E

analogous

#9EA4BD #A79EBD #B69EBD

triadic

#A79EBD #BDA79E #9EBDA7

tetradic

#A79EBD #BD9EA4 #B4BD9E #9EBDB6

square

#A79EBD #BD9EA4 #B4BD9E #9EBDB6

split-complementary

#A79EBD #BDB69E #A4BD9E

monochromatic

#675B86 #867AA4 #A79EBD #C8C2D6 #E9E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A79EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A79EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79EBD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79EBD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.046 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bad1',
    500: '#a79ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ebd;
$custom-light: #c1bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.419,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71718,
    "c": 0.04553,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79EBD

secondary

#DDE0D7

accent

#9D4885

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79EBD

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

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