#A799DC#A799DC

#A799DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.097 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799DC
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 19.22, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 37.50, 300.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0385 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.097 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2428, 36.1648, 72.5566)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A799DC #CEDC99

analogous

#99ACDC #A799DC #C899DC

triadic

#A799DC #DCA799 #99DCA7

tetradic

#A799DC #DC99AC #CEDC99 #99DCC8

square

#A799DC #DC99AC #CEDC99 #99DCC8

split-complementary

#A799DC #DCC899 #ACDC99

monochromatic

#5A40BB #806BCC #A799DC #CEC7EC #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A799DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A799DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799DC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799DC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.097 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7e7',
    500: '#a799dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799dc;
$custom-light: #c2b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.537,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71988,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799DC

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC299E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799DC

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

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