#A799DB#A799DB

#A799DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.096 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799DB
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 18.98, -31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 36.96, 300.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0383 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.096 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1108, 36.1120, 71.8612)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A799DB #CDDB99

analogous

#99ACDB #A799DB #C899DB

triadic

#A799DB #DBA799 #99DBA7

tetradic

#A799DB #DB99AC #CDDB99 #99DBC8

square

#A799DB #DB99AC #CDDB99 #99DBC8

split-complementary

#A799DB #DBC899 #ACDB99

monochromatic

#5A41B8 #806CCB #A799DB #CEC6EB #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A799DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A799DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799DB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799DB	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)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.096 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7e6',
    500: '#a799db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799db;
$custom-light: #c2b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2A9C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799DB

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

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