#A899E7#A899E7

#A899E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899E7
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 231)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 33.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 22.16, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 43.49, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0424 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.112 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9599, 36.8762, 80.4929)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899E7 #D8E799

analogous

#99B1E7 #A899E7 #CF99E7

triadic

#A899E7 #E7A899 #99E7A8

tetradic

#A899E7 #E799B1 #D8E799 #99E7CF

square

#A899E7 #E799B1 #D8E799 #99E7CF

split-complementary

#A899E7 #E7CF99 #B1E799

monochromatic

#5336D0 #7E67DB #A899E7 #D2CBF3 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A899E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A899E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899E7

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899E7	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7ef',
    500: '#a899e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899e7;
$custom-light: #c3b7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899E7

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CA1CA8

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899E7

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

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