#A99BC4#A99BC4

#A99BC4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.061 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC4
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(260, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 13.25, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 23.34, 304.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0308 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.061 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0453, 35.8632, 57.1318)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC4 #B6C49B

analogous

#9BA2C4 #A99BC4 #BE9BC4

triadic

#A99BC4 #C4A99B #9BC4A9

tetradic

#A99BC4 #C49BA2 #B6C49B #9BC4BE

square

#A99BC4 #C49BA2 #B6C49B #9BC4BE

split-complementary

#A99BC4 #C4BE9B #A2C49B

monochromatic

#695590 #8875AD #A99BC4 #CAC1DB #EBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A99BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A99BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC4

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC4	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.061 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d6',
    500: '#a99bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc4;
$custom-light: #c3b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 25.786,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC4

secondary

#DFE3D7

accent

#A44182

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC4

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

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