#A899DC#A899DC

#A899DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.097 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899DC
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 220)
HSL	hsl(253, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 19.52, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 37.54, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0397 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.097 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4549, 36.2741, 72.5665)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899DC #CDDC99

analogous

#99ABDC #A899DC #C999DC

triadic

#A899DC #DCA899 #99DCA8

tetradic

#A899DC #DC99AB #CDDC99 #99DCC9

square

#A899DC #DC99AB #CDDC99 #99DCC9

split-complementary

#A899DC #DCC999 #ABDC99

monochromatic

#5B40BB #816BCC #A899DC #CFC7EC #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A899DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A899DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899DC

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899DC	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.097 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7e7',
    500: '#a899dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899dc;
$custom-light: #c3b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.433,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72072,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899DC

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC299B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899DC

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

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