#A299CC#A299CC

#A299CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.074 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A299CC
RGB	rgb(162, 153, 204)
HSL	hsl(251, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 25%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 13.93, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 28.58, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0284 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.074 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1881, 34.8231, 61.8773)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A299CC #C3CC99

analogous

#99AACC #A299CC #BB99CC

triadic

#A299CC #CCA299 #99CCA2

tetradic

#A299CC #CC99AA #C3CC99 #99CCBB

square

#A299CC #CC99AA #C3CC99 #99CCBB

split-complementary

#A299CC #CCBB99 #AACC99

monochromatic

#5C4E9C #7D70B8 #A299CC #C7C2E0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A299CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A299CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A299CC

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A299CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A299CC	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a299cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 153, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.074 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb7db',
    500: '#a299cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a299cc;
$custom-light: #beb7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a299cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70884,
    "c": 0.07415,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A299CC

secondary

#E5E8D9

accent

#AC3998

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A299CC

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

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