#A799EB#A799EB

#A799EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799EB
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(250, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 22.86, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 45.63, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0422 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.118 291)
XYZ	xyz(42.3192, 36.9953, 83.4923)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A799EB #DDEB99

analogous

#99B4EB #A799EB #D099EB

triadic

#A799EB #EBA799 #99EBA7

tetradic

#A799EB #EB99B4 #DDEB99 #99EBD0

square

#A799EB #EB99B4 #DDEB99 #99EBD0

split-complementary

#A799EB #EBD099 #B4EB99

monochromatic

#4F33D7 #7B66E1 #A799EB #D3CCF5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A799EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A799EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799EB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799EB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7f1',
    500: '#a799eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799eb;
$custom-light: #c3b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.36996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799EB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF16B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799EB

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

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