#A99BC3#A99BC3

#A99BC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.059 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC3
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(261, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 13.03, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 22.81, 304.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0305 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.059 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9319, 35.8178, 56.5344)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC3 #B5C39B

analogous

#9BA1C3 #A99BC3 #BD9BC3

triadic

#A99BC3 #C3A99B #9BC3A9

tetradic

#A99BC3 #C39BA1 #B5C39B #9BC3BD

square

#A99BC3 #C39BA1 #B5C39B #9BC3BD

split-complementary

#A99BC3 #C3BD9B #A1C39B

monochromatic

#69558E #8875AC #A99BC3 #CAC1DA #EBE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A99BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A99BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC3

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC3	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.059 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d5',
    500: '#a99bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc3;
$custom-light: #c3b8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71515,
    "c": 0.05931,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC3

secondary

#DFE3D7

accent

#A44281

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC3

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

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