#A599CD#A599CD

#A599CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.076 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A599CD
RGB	rgb(165, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 15.10, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 29.25, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.032 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.076 295)
XYZ	xyz(37.9253, 35.1893, 62.5399)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A599CD #C1CD99

analogous

#99A7CD #A599CD #BF99CD

triadic

#A599CD #CDA599 #99CDA5

tetradic

#A599CD #CD99A7 #C1CD99 #99CDBF

square

#A599CD #CD99A7 #C1CD99 #99CDBF

split-complementary

#A599CD #CDBF99 #A7CD99

monochromatic

#604D9E #8170B9 #A599CD #C9C2E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A599CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A599CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A599CD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A599CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A599CD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a599cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.076 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0b7dc',
    500: '#a599cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a599cd;
$custom-light: #c0b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a599cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.07584,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.3519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A599CD

secondary

#E5E8DA

accent

#AD3892

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A599CD

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

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