#A899EF#A899EF

#A899EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.123 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899EF
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 239)
HSL	hsl(250, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 36%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 24.14, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 47.81, 300.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0442 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.123 291)
XYZ	xyz(43.1157, 37.3385, 86.5801)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899EF #E0EF99

analogous

#99B5EF #A899EF #D399EF

triadic

#A899EF #EFA899 #99EFA8

tetradic

#A899EF #EF99B5 #E0EF99 #99EFD3

square

#A899EF #EF99B5 #E0EF99 #99EFD3

split-complementary

#A899EF #EFD399 #B5EF99

monochromatic

#4E2FDE #7B64E7 #A899EF #D5CEF7 #E8E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A899EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A899EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899EF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899EF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.123 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7f4',
    500: '#a899ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ef;
$custom-light: #c4b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.465,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.37339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899EF

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D511B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899EF

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

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