#A899DE#A899DE

#A899DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899DE
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 31.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 19.99, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 38.62, 301.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.0402 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.1 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7214, 36.3807, 73.9699)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899DE #CFDE99

analogous

#99ACDE #A899DE #CA99DE

triadic

#A899DE #DEA899 #99DEA8

tetradic

#A899DE #DE99AC #CFDE99 #99DECA

square

#A899DE #DE99AC #CFDE99 #99DECA

split-complementary

#A899DE #DECA99 #ACDE99

monochromatic

#5A3EBF #816BCF #A899DE #CFC7ED #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A899DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#A899DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899DE

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899DE	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7e8',
    500: '#a899de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899de;
$custom-light: #c3b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899DE

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE279E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899DE

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

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