#A990DE#A990DE

#A990DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 298.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A990DE
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 222)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 35.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 25.39, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 44.32, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.054 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.114 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5173, 33.6552, 73.5073)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A990DE #C5DE90

analogous

#909EDE #A990DE #D090DE

triadic

#A990DE #DEA990 #90DEA9

tetradic

#A990DE #DE909E #C5DE90 #90DED0

square

#A990DE #DE909E #C5DE90 #90DED0

split-complementary

#A990DE #DED090 #9EDE90

monochromatic

#6238BC #8461D0 #A990DE #CEBFEC #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A990DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A990DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A990DE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A990DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A990DE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F9DAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a990de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b0e8',
    500: '#a990de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a990de;
$custom-light: #c4b0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a990de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A990DE

secondary

#E8EFDB

accent

#C2248F

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F5FC

border

#D1CFD5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A990DE

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

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