#A699DD#A699DD

#A699DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.098 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A699DD
RGB	rgb(166, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 19.16, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 38.01, 300.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0377 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.098 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1651, 36.1094, 73.2463)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A699DD #D0DD99

analogous

#99AEDD #A699DD #C899DD

triadic

#A699DD #DDA699 #99DDA6

tetradic

#A699DD #DD99AE #D0DD99 #99DDC8

square

#A699DD #DD99AE #D0DD99 #99DDC8

split-complementary

#A699DD #DDC899 #AEDD99

monochromatic

#573FBD #7E6BCE #A699DD #CEC7EC #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A699DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A699DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A699DD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A699DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A699DD	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a699dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.098 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7e7',
    500: '#a699dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a699dd;
$custom-light: #c1b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a699dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.471,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71949,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A699DD

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BD28A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A699DD

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

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