#A899CB#A899CB

#A899CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.073 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899CB
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 15.60, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 28.33, 303.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0348 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.073 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3169, 35.4189, 61.3062)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899CB #BCCB99

analogous

#99A3CB #A899CB #C199CB

triadic

#A899CB #CBA899 #99CBA8

tetradic

#A899CB #CB99A3 #BCCB99 #99CBC1

square

#A899CB #CB99A3 #BCCB99 #99CBC1

split-complementary

#A899CB #CBC199 #A3CB99

monochromatic

#664F9B #8570B6 #A899CB #CBC2E0 #EDEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A899CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A899CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899CB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899CB	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)

#8EA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.073 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7db',
    500: '#a899cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899cb;
$custom-light: #c2b7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899CB

secondary

#E3E7D9

accent

#AB3A89

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899CB

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

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