#A899DD#A899DD

#A899DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.098 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899DD
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 30.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 19.76, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 38.08, 301.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0399 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.098 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5878, 36.3273, 73.2661)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899DD #CEDD99

analogous

#99ACDD #A899DD #CA99DD

triadic

#A899DD #DDA899 #99DDA8

tetradic

#A899DD #DD99AC #CEDD99 #99DDCA

square

#A899DD #DD99AC #CEDD99 #99DDCA

split-complementary

#A899DD #DDCA99 #ACDD99

monochromatic

#5B3FBD #816BCE #A899DD #CFC7EC #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A899DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A899DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899DD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899DD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.098 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7e7',
    500: '#a899dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899dd;
$custom-light: #c3b7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72117,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899DD

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD289C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899DD

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

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