#A899DB#A899DB

#A899DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.096 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899DB
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 219)
HSL	hsl(254, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(254, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 19.28, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 36.99, 301.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0394 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.096 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3229, 36.2213, 71.8711)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899DB #CCDB99

analogous

#99ABDB #A899DB #C999DB

triadic

#A899DB #DBA899 #99DBA8

tetradic

#A899DB #DB99AB #CCDB99 #99DBC9

square

#A899DB #DB99AB #CCDB99 #99DBC9

split-complementary

#A899DB #DBC999 #ABDB99

monochromatic

#5C41B8 #816CCB #A899DB #CFC6EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A899DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A899DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899DB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899DB	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.096 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7e6',
    500: '#a899db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899db;
$custom-light: #c3b7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72028,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899DB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2A9A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899DB

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

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