#A099C9#A099C9

#A099C9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.070 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A099C9
RGB	rgb(160, 153, 201)
HSL	hsl(249, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(249, 24%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 12.61, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 26.86, 297.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0252 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.07 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4286, 34.4727, 59.9817)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A099C9 #C2C999

analogous

#99AAC9 #A099C9 #B899C9

triadic

#A099C9 #C9A099 #99C9A0

tetradic

#A099C9 #C999AA #C2C999 #99C9B8

square

#A099C9 #C999AA #C2C999 #99C9B8

split-complementary

#A099C9 #C9B899 #AAC999

monochromatic

#5B5097 #7B71B4 #A099C9 #C5C1DE #EBE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A099C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A099C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A099C9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A099C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A099C9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a099c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 153, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.070 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb7d9',
    500: '#a099c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a099c9;
$custom-light: #bcb7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a099c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.75,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70595,
    "c": 0.06975,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A099C9

secondary

#E4E6D8

accent

#A93C9A

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A099C9

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

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