#A79FBC#A79FBC

#A79FBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.042 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79FBC
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(257, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, 8.63, -13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 16.35, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.0199 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.042 298)
XYZ	xyz(37.4098, 36.6425, 52.6691)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79FBC #B4BC9F

analogous

#9FA5BC #A79FBC #B59FBC

triadic

#A79FBC #BCA79F #9FBCA7

tetradic

#A79FBC #BC9FA5 #B4BC9F #9FBCB5

square

#A79FBC #BC9FA5 #B4BC9F #9FBCB5

split-complementary

#A79FBC #BCB59F #A5BC9F

monochromatic

#675C84 #867BA3 #A79FBC #C8C3D5 #E9E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A79FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A79FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79FBC

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79FBC	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.042 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bbd0',
    500: '#a79fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79fbc;
$custom-light: #c1bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71883,
    "c": 0.04248,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.36643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79FBC

secondary

#DDE0D7

accent

#9C4985

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79FBC

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

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