#A899CE#A899CE

#A899CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.078 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899CE
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 206)
HSL	hsl(257, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 16.27, -25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 29.95, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0357 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.078 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6778, 35.5633, 63.2073)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899CE #BFCE99

analogous

#99A4CE #A899CE #C299CE

triadic

#A899CE #CEA899 #99CEA8

tetradic

#A899CE #CE99A4 #BFCE99 #99CEC2

square

#A899CE #CE99A4 #BFCE99 #99CEC2

split-complementary

#A899CE #CEC299 #A4CE99

monochromatic

#644DA0 #8570BA #A899CE #CBC2E2 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A899CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A899CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899CE

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899CE	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.078 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7dd',
    500: '#a899ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ce;
$custom-light: #c2b7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.981,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.07765,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899CE

secondary

#E5E9DA

accent

#AE388C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899CE

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

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