#A99ADE#A99ADE

#A99ADE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99ADE
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 19.73, -32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 38.04, 301.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0399 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.098 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0995, 36.8197, 74.0347)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99ADE #CFDE9A

analogous

#9AADDE #A99ADE #CB9ADE

triadic

#A99ADE #DEA99A #9ADEA9

tetradic

#A99ADE #DE9AAD #CFDE9A #9ADECB

square

#A99ADE #DE9AAD #CFDE9A #9ADECB

split-complementary

#A99ADE #DECB9A #ADDE9A

monochromatic

#5B3EBF #826CCF #A99ADE #D0C8ED #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A99ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A99ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99ADE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99ADE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b7e8',
    500: '#a99ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99ade;
$custom-light: #c3b7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72436,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99ADE

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE279D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99ADE

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

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