#A799BB#A799BB

#A799BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.051 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799BB
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 187)
HSL	hsl(265, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 11.78, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 19.64, 306.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0285 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.051 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2955, 34.5859, 51.7677)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A799BB #ADBB99

analogous

#999CBB #A799BB #B899BB

triadic

#A799BB #BBA799 #99BBA7

tetradic

#A799BB #BB999C #ADBB99 #99BBB8

square

#A799BB #BB999C #ADBB99 #99BBB8

split-complementary

#A799BB #BBB899 #9CBB99

monochromatic

#695783 #8774A3 #A799BB #C7BED3 #E6E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A799BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#A799BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799BB

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799BB	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.051 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7cf',
    500: '#a799bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799bb;
$custom-light: #c1b7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70642,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799BB

secondary

#D9DDD2

accent

#9E477A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799BB

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

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