#A899EE#A899EE

#A899EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899EE
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 23.89, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 47.27, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.044 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.122 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9684, 37.2795, 85.8042)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899EE #DFEE99

analogous

#99B5EE #A899EE #D399EE

triadic

#A899EE #EEA899 #99EEA8

tetradic

#A899EE #EE99B5 #DFEE99 #99EED3

square

#A899EE #EE99B5 #DFEE99 #99EED3

split-complementary

#A899EE #EED399 #B5EE99

monochromatic

#4F30DD #7B65E5 #A899EE #D5CDF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A899EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A899EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899EE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899EE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7f4',
    500: '#a899ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ee;
$custom-light: #c4b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899EE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D312B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899EE

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

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