#A79FB2#A79FB2

#A79FB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.029 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79FB2
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(265, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 6.56, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 10.96, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0163 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.029 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3689, 36.2262, 47.1872)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79FB2 #AAB29F

analogous

#9FA0B2 #A79FB2 #B09FB2

triadic

#A79FB2 #B2A79F #9FB2A7

tetradic

#A79FB2 #B29FA0 #AAB29F #9FB2B0

square

#A79FB2 #B29FA0 #AAB29F #9FB2B0

split-complementary

#A79FB2 #B2B09F #A0B29F

monochromatic

#696077 #887D97 #A79FB2 #C6C1CD #E5E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A79FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A79FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79FB2

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79FB2	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.029 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bbc9',
    500: '#a79fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79fb2;
$custom-light: #c1bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 10.983,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71533,
    "c": 0.02861,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79FB2

secondary

#D7DAD3

accent

#955078

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79FB2

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

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