#A99BC5#A99BC5

#A99BC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.062 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC5
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 13.47, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 23.88, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0311 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.062 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1595, 35.9089, 57.7333)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC5 #B7C59B

analogous

#9BA2C5 #A99BC5 #BE9BC5

triadic

#A99BC5 #C5A99B #9BC5A9

tetradic

#A99BC5 #C59BA2 #B7C59B #9BC5BE

square

#A99BC5 #C59BA2 #B7C59B #9BC5BE

split-complementary

#A99BC5 #C5BE9B #A2C59B

monochromatic

#695491 #8874AF #A99BC5 #CAC2DB #ECE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A99BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A99BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC5	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.062 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d6',
    500: '#a99bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc5;
$custom-light: #c3b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 26.582,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71592,
    "c": 0.06207,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC5

secondary

#E0E4D8

accent

#A54084

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC5

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

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