#A99AEB#A99AEB

#A99AEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99AEB
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 22.87, -38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 45.06, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0431 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.116 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9095, 37.5436, 83.5671)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99AEB #DCEB9A

analogous

#9AB4EB #A99AEB #D29AEB

triadic

#A99AEB #EBA99A #9AEBA9

tetradic

#A99AEB #EB9AB4 #DCEB9A #9AEBD2

square

#A99AEB #EB9AB4 #DCEB9A #9AEBD2

split-complementary

#A99AEB #EBD29A #B4EB9A

monochromatic

#5234D7 #7E67E1 #A99AEB #D4CDF5 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A99AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A99AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99AEB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99AEB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7f1',
    500: '#a99aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99aeb;
$custom-light: #c4b7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99AEB

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17AD

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99AEB

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

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