#A799D2#A799D2

#A799D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.083 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799D2
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 210)
HSL	hsl(255, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 27.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 16.88, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 32.07, 301.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0358 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.083 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9578, 35.6508, 65.7891)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A799D2 #C4D299

analogous

#99A7D2 #A799D2 #C399D2

triadic

#A799D2 #D2A799 #99D2A7

tetradic

#A799D2 #D299A7 #C4D299 #99D2C3

square

#A799D2 #D299A7 #C4D299 #99D2C3

split-complementary

#A799D2 #D2C399 #A7D299

monochromatic

#614AA7 #826FBF #A799D2 #CCC3E5 #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A799D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#A799D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799D2

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799D2	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.083 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7e0',
    500: '#a799d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799d2;
$custom-light: #c2b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71555,
    "c": 0.08308,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799D2

secondary

#E7EBDC

accent

#B23493

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799D2

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

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