#A99BBD#A99BBD

#A99BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.051 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BBD
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 11.75, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 19.59, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0285 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.051 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2671, 35.5519, 53.0331)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BBD #AFBD9B

analogous

#9B9EBD #A99BBD #BA9BBD

triadic

#A99BBD #BDA99B #9BBDA9

tetradic

#A99BBD #BD9B9E #AFBD9B #9BBDBA

square

#A99BBD #BD9B9E #AFBD9B #9BBDBA

split-complementary

#A99BBD #BDBA9B #9EBD9B

monochromatic

#6B5885 #8976A5 #A99BBD #C9C0D5 #E8E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A99BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A99BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BBD

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BBD	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.051 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8d1',
    500: '#a99bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bbd;
$custom-light: #c2b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71288,
    "c": 0.05109,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BBD

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9F477B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BBD

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

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