#A99BC2#A99BC2

#A99BC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.058 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC2
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(262, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(262, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 12.82, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 22.27, 305.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% 0.0301 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.058 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8192, 35.7727, 55.9409)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC2 #B4C29B

analogous

#9BA0C2 #A99BC2 #BC9BC2

triadic

#A99BC2 #C2A99B #9BC2A9

tetradic

#A99BC2 #C29BA0 #B4C29B #9BC2BC

square

#A99BC2 #C29BA0 #B4C29B #9BC2BC

split-complementary

#A99BC2 #C2BC9B #A0C29B

monochromatic

#6A568D #8875AB #A99BC2 #CAC1D9 #EAE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A99BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A99BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC2	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)

#94A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.058 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8d4',
    500: '#a99bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc2;
$custom-light: #c2b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71476,
    "c": 0.05793,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC2

secondary

#DEE2D7

accent

#A34380

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC2

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

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