#A79FBE#A79FBE

#A79FBE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.045 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A79FBE
RGB	rgb(167, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 9.06, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 17.43, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0206 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.045 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6269, 36.7293, 53.8124)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A79FBE #B6BE9F

analogous

#9FA6BE #A79FBE #B69FBE

triadic

#A79FBE #BEA79F #9FBEA7

tetradic

#A79FBE #BE9FA6 #B6BE9F #9FBEB6

square

#A79FBE #BE9FA6 #B6BE9F #9FBEB6

split-complementary

#A79FBE #BEB69F #A6BE9F

monochromatic

#675B87 #867BA5 #A79FBE #C8C3D7 #EAE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A79FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A79FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A79FBE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A79FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A79FBE	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a79fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.045 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bbd1',
    500: '#a79fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a79fbe;
$custom-light: #c1bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a79fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71956,
    "c": 0.04529,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A79FBE

secondary

#DFE1D8

accent

#9E4887

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A79FBE

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

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