#A79FBB#A79FBB

#A79FBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.041 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79FBB
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 8.42, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 15.80, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0196 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.041 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3024, 36.5995, 52.1033)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79FBB #B3BB9F

analogous

#9FA5BB #A79FBB #B59FBB

triadic

#A79FBB #BBA79F #9FBBA7

tetradic

#A79FBB #BB9FA5 #B3BB9F #9FBBB5

square

#A79FBB #BB9FA5 #B3BB9F #9FBBB5

split-complementary

#A79FBB #BBB59F #A5BB9F

monochromatic

#685D83 #867BA2 #A79FBB #C8C3D4 #E9E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A79FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A79FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79FBB

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79FBB	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)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.041 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bbcf',
    500: '#a79fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79fbb;
$custom-light: #c1bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.04107,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79FBB

secondary

#DDDFD7

accent

#9B4A84

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79FBB

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

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