#A79FA9#A79FA9

#A79FA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.017 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79FA9
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(288, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(288, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 4.78, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 6.33, 319.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0129 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.017 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4948, 35.8765, 42.5834)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79FA9 #A1A99F

analogous

#A29FA9 #A79FA9 #A99FA6

triadic

#A79FA9 #A9A79F #9FA9A7

tetradic

#A79FA9 #A9A29F #A1A99F #9FA6A9

square

#A79FA9 #A9A29F #A1A99F #9FA6A9

split-complementary

#A79FA9 #A6A99F #9FA9A2

monochromatic

#6A616C #897F8C #A79FA9 #C5BFC6 #E2E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A79FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A79FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79FA9

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79FA9	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.017 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bbc2',
    500: '#a79fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79fa9;
$custom-light: #c1bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 5.495,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71236,
    "c": 0.01692,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79FA9

secondary

#D1D4D0

accent

#8F5662

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79FA9

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

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