#A99BB2#A99BB2

#A99BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.036 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BB2
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 9.48, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 13.83, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0246 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.036 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1181, 35.0923, 46.9816)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BB2 #A4B29B

analogous

#9E9BB2 #A99BB2 #B29BAF

triadic

#A99BB2 #B2A99B #9BB2A9

tetradic

#A99BB2 #B29E9B #A4B29B #9BAFB2

square

#A99BB2 #B29E9B #A4B29B #9BAFB2

split-complementary

#A99BB2 #AFB29B #9BB29E

monochromatic

#6C5C77 #8B7897 #A99BB2 #C7BECD #E4E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A99BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A99BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BB2

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BB2	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.036 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8c9',
    500: '#a99bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bb2;
$custom-light: #c2b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70894,
    "c": 0.03649,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BB2

secondary

#D4D8D1

accent

#974E6B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BB2

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

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