#A499BB#A499BB

#A499BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.050 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A499BB
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(259, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 10.78, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 19.39, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0251 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.05 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6689, 34.2628, 51.7383)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A499BB #B0BB99

analogous

#999FBB #A499BB #B599BB

triadic

#A499BB #BBA499 #99BBA4

tetradic

#A499BB #BB999F #B0BB99 #99BBB5

square

#A499BB #BB999F #B0BB99 #99BBB5

split-complementary

#A499BB #BBB599 #9FBB99

monochromatic

#655783 #8374A3 #A499BB #C5BED3 #E6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A499BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A499BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A499BB

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A499BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A499BB	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a499bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.050 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7cf',
    500: '#a499bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a499bb;
$custom-light: #bfb7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a499bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70383,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A499BB

secondary

#DADDD2

accent

#9E4782

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A499BB

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

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