#A99BC1#A99BC1

#A99BC1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.057 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC1
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 193)
HSL	hsl(262, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(262, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 12.60, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 21.73, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0298 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.057 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7073, 35.7280, 55.3514)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC1 #B3C19B

analogous

#9BA0C1 #A99BC1 #BC9BC1

triadic

#A99BC1 #C1A99B #9BC1A9

tetradic

#A99BC1 #C19BA0 #B3C19B #9BC1BC

square

#A99BC1 #C19BA0 #B3C19B #9BC1BC

split-complementary

#A99BC1 #C1BC9B #A0C19B

monochromatic

#6A568B #8975AA #A99BC1 #C9C1D8 #EAE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A99BC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A99BC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC1

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC1	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.057 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8d3',
    500: '#a99bc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc1;
$custom-light: #c2b8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 23.457,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.05656,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC1

secondary

#DDE2D6

accent

#A2447F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC1

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

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