#A99BC6#A99BC6

#A99BC6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.063 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC6
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(260, 27%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 13.69, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 24.42, 304.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0314 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.063 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2745, 35.9548, 58.3387)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC6 #B8C69B

analogous

#9BA3C6 #A99BC6 #BF9BC6

triadic

#A99BC6 #C6A99B #9BC6A9

tetradic

#A99BC6 #C69BA3 #B8C69B #9BC6BF

square

#A99BC6 #C69BA3 #B8C69B #9BC6BF

split-complementary

#A99BC6 #C6BF9B #A3C69B

monochromatic

#685493 #8774B0 #A99BC6 #CBC2DC #ECE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A99BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A99BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC6

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC6	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.063 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d7',
    500: '#a99bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc6;
$custom-light: #c3b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 27.389,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71631,
    "c": 0.06346,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC6

secondary

#E1E5D8

accent

#A64085

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC6

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

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