#A899DF#A899DF

#A899DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899DF
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 223)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 20.23, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 39.16, 301.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0404 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.101 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8558, 36.4345, 74.6778)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899DF #D0DF99

analogous

#99ADDF #A899DF #CB99DF

triadic

#A899DF #DFA899 #99DFA8

tetradic

#A899DF #DF99AD #D0DF99 #99DFCB

square

#A899DF #DF99AD #D0DF99 #99DFCB

split-complementary

#A899DF #DFCB99 #ADDF99

monochromatic

#593DC1 #806AD0 #A899DF #D0C8EE #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A899DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A899DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899DF

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899DF	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7e9',
    500: '#a899df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899df;
$custom-light: #c3b7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72206,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899DF

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C0269F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899DF

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

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