#A79EC3#A79EC3

#A79EC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.054 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79EC3
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(255, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 10.70, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 20.78, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0238 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.054 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0115, 36.6092, 56.6829)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79EC3 #BAC39E

analogous

#9EA8C3 #A79EC3 #BA9EC3

triadic

#A79EC3 #C3A79E #9EC3A7

tetradic

#A79EC3 #C39EA8 #BAC39E #9EC3BA

square

#A79EC3 #C39EA8 #BAC39E #9EC3BA

split-complementary

#A79EC3 #C3BA9E #A8C39E

monochromatic

#65588E #8578AC #A79EC3 #C9C4DA #ECEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A79EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A79EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79EC3

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79EC3	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.054 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bad5',
    500: '#a79ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ec3;
$custom-light: #c1bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.595,
    "s": 23.567,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71941,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79EC3

secondary

#E1E4D9

accent

#A2438B

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79EC3

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

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