#A79ECD#A79ECD

#A79ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.068 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79ECD
RGB	rgb(167, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 12.92, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 26.23, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.027 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.068 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1802, 37.0766, 62.8381)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79ECD #C4CD9E

analogous

#9EACCD #A79ECD #BE9ECD

triadic

#A79ECD #CDA79E #9ECDA7

tetradic

#A79ECD #CD9EAC #C4CD9E #9ECDBE

square

#A79ECD #CD9EAC #C4CD9E #9ECDBE

split-complementary

#A79ECD #CDBE9E #ACCD9E

monochromatic

#61529F #8276B8 #A79ECD #CCC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A79ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A79ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79ECD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79ECD	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.068 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1badc',
    500: '#a79ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79ecd;
$custom-light: #c1badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.489,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79ECD

secondary

#E7EADD

accent

#AB3B95

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79ECD

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

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