#A899CD#A899CD

#A899CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.076 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899CD
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 16.05, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 29.41, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0354 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.076 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5568, 35.5149, 62.5695)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899CD #BECD99

analogous

#99A4CD #A899CD #C299CD

triadic

#A899CD #CDA899 #99CDA8

tetradic

#A899CD #CD99A4 #BECD99 #99CDC2

square

#A899CD #CD99A4 #BECD99 #99CDC2

split-complementary

#A899CD #CDC299 #A4CD99

monochromatic

#654D9E #8570B9 #A899CD #CBC2E1 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A899CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A899CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899CD

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899CD	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.076 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7dc',
    500: '#a899cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899cd;
$custom-light: #c2b7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71433,
    "c": 0.07626,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899CD

secondary

#E4E8DA

accent

#AD388B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899CD

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

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