#A79ECB#A79ECB

#A79ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.065 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79ECB
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(252, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(252, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 12.47, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 25.14, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0264 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.065 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9403, 36.9807, 61.5748)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79ECB #C2CB9E

analogous

#9EABCB #A79ECB #BD9ECB

triadic

#A79ECB #CBA79E #9ECBA7

tetradic

#A79ECB #CB9EAB #C2CB9E #9ECBBD

square

#A79ECB #CB9EAB #C2CB9E #9ECBBD

split-complementary

#A79ECB #CBBD9E #ABCB9E

monochromatic

#62539B #8376B6 #A79ECB #CBC6E0 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A79ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A79ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79ECB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79ECB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.065 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1badb',
    500: '#a79ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ecb;
$custom-light: #c1badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.06526,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79ECB

secondary

#E6E8DC

accent

#A93D93

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79ECB

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

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