#A79EC0#A79EC0

#A79EC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.050 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79EC0
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 10.05, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 19.15, 301.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.0228 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.05 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6757, 36.4748, 54.9144)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79EC0 #B7C09E

analogous

#9EA6C0 #A79EC0 #B89EC0

triadic

#A79EC0 #C0A79E #9EC0A7

tetradic

#A79EC0 #C09EA6 #B7C09E #9EC0B8

square

#A79EC0 #C09EA6 #B7C09E #9EC0B8

split-complementary

#A79EC0 #C0B89E #A6C09E

monochromatic

#665A8A #8579A8 #A79EC0 #C9C3D8 #EAE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A79EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A79EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79EC0

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79EC0	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.050 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bad3',
    500: '#a79ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ec0;
$custom-light: #c1bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71829,
    "c": 0.04973,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79EC0

secondary

#DFE2D8

accent

#A04688

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79EC0

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

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