#A99BB7#A99BB7

#A99BB7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.043 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BB7
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(270, 16%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 10.50, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 16.42, 309.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0264 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.043 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6293, 35.2967, 49.6738)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BB7 #A9B79B

analogous

#9B9BB7 #A99BB7 #B79BB7

triadic

#A99BB7 #B7A99B #9BB7A9

tetradic

#A99BB7 #B79B9B #A9B79B #9BB7B7

square

#A99BB7 #B79B9B #A9B79B #9BB7B7

split-complementary

#A99BB7 #B7B79B #9BB79B

monochromatic

#6C5A7D #8A779D #A99BB7 #C8BFD1 #E6E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A99BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A99BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BB7

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BB7	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.043 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8cc',
    500: '#a99bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bb7;
$custom-light: #c2b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7107,
    "c": 0.04302,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BB7

secondary

#D7DBD2

accent

#9B4B73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BB7

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

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