#A899EA#A899EA

#A899EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.116 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899EA
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 22.90, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 45.11, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0431 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.116 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3873, 37.0471, 82.7436)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899EA #DBEA99

analogous

#99B2EA #A899EA #D099EA

triadic

#A899EA #EAA899 #99EAA8

tetradic

#A899EA #EA99B2 #DBEA99 #99EAD0

square

#A899EA #EA99B2 #DBEA99 #99EAD0

split-complementary

#A899EA #EAD099 #B2EA99

monochromatic

#5133D5 #7D66E0 #A899EA #D3CCF4 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A899EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A899EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899EA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899EA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.116 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7f1',
    500: '#a899ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ea;
$custom-light: #c3b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899EA

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CE18AC

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899EA

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

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