#A799CD#A799CD

#A799CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.076 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799CD
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 15.73, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 29.35, 302.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0343 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.076 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3446, 35.4055, 62.5596)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A799CD #BFCD99

analogous

#99A5CD #A799CD #C199CD

triadic

#A799CD #CDA799 #99CDA7

tetradic

#A799CD #CD99A5 #BFCD99 #99CDC1

square

#A799CD #CD99A5 #BFCD99 #99CDC1

split-complementary

#A799CD #CDC199 #A5CD99

monochromatic

#634D9E #8470B9 #A799CD #CAC2E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A799CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A799CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799CD

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799CD	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.076 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7dc',
    500: '#a799cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799cd;
$custom-light: #c1b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71347,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799CD

secondary

#E4E8DA

accent

#AD388E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799CD

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

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