#A699DB#A699DB

#A699DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.096 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A699DB
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(252, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 18.68, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 36.92, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% 0.0371 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.096 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9003, 36.0034, 71.8513)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A699DB #CEDB99

analogous

#99ADDB #A699DB #C799DB

triadic

#A699DB #DBA699 #99DBA6

tetradic

#A699DB #DB99AD #CEDB99 #99DBC7

square

#A699DB #DB99AD #CEDB99 #99DBC7

split-complementary

#A699DB #DBC799 #ADDB99

monochromatic

#5941B8 #7F6CCB #A699DB #CDC6EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A699DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A699DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A699DB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A699DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A699DB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a699db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.096 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7e6',
    500: '#a699db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a699db;
$custom-light: #c1b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a699db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A699DB

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2A9F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A699DB

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

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