#A499CD#A499CD

#A499CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.076 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A499CD
RGB	rgb(164, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 14.79, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 29.21, 300.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0309 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.076 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7180, 35.0824, 62.5302)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A499CD #C2CD99

analogous

#99A8CD #A499CD #BE99CD

triadic

#A499CD #CDA499 #99CDA4

tetradic

#A499CD #CD99A8 #C2CD99 #99CDBE

square

#A499CD #CD99A8 #C2CD99 #99CDBE

split-complementary

#A499CD #CDBE99 #A8CD99

monochromatic

#5F4D9E #7F70B9 #A499CD #C9C2E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A499CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A499CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A499CD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A499CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A499CD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a499cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.076 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb7dc',
    500: '#a499cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a499cd;
$custom-light: #bfb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a499cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.692,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A499CD

secondary

#E5E8DA

accent

#AD3894

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A499CD

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

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