#A99AEE#A99AEE

#A99AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.120 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99AEE
RGB	rgb(169, 154, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 35.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 23.60, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 46.68, 300.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0438 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.12 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3465, 37.7185, 85.8690)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99AEE #DFEE9A

analogous

#9AB5EE #A99AEE #D39AEE

triadic

#A99AEE #EEA99A #9AEEA9

tetradic

#A99AEE #EE9AB5 #DFEE9A #9AEED3

square

#A99AEE #EE9AB5 #DFEE9A #9AEED3

split-complementary

#A99AEE #EED39A #B5EE9A

monochromatic

#5031DC #7C66E5 #A99AEE #D6CEF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A99AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#A99AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99AEE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99AEE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 154, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.120 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7f4',
    500: '#a99aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99aee;
$custom-light: #c4b7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73171,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99AEE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D312B1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99AEE

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

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