#A899EB#A899EB

#A899EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899EB
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 23.15, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 45.65, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0434 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.118 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5313, 37.1047, 83.5023)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899EB #DCEB99

analogous

#99B3EB #A899EB #D199EB

triadic

#A899EB #EBA899 #99EBA8

tetradic

#A899EB #EB99B3 #DCEB99 #99EBD1

square

#A899EB #EB99B3 #DCEB99 #99EBD1

split-complementary

#A899EB #EBD199 #B3EB99

monochromatic

#5133D7 #7C66E1 #A899EB #D4CCF5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A899EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A899EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899EB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899EB	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7f1',
    500: '#a899eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899eb;
$custom-light: #c3b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.976,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899EB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF16AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899EB

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

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