#A899EC#A899EC

#A899EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899EC
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 35.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 23.39, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 46.19, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0436 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.119 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6762, 37.1627, 84.2653)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899EC #DDEC99

analogous

#99B4EC #A899EC #D299EC

triadic

#A899EC #ECA899 #99ECA8

tetradic

#A899EC #EC99B4 #DDEC99 #99ECD2

square

#A899EC #EC99B4 #DDEC99 #99ECD2

split-complementary

#A899EC #ECD299 #B4EC99

monochromatic

#5032D9 #7C65E2 #A899EC #D4CDF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A899EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A899EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899EC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899EC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7f2',
    500: '#a899ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ec;
$custom-light: #c3b7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.843,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899EC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D115AF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899EC

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

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