#A99BC7#A99BC7

#A99BC7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.065 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC7
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(259, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 13.91, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 24.96, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0318 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.065 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3902, 36.0011, 58.9482)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC7 #B9C79B

analogous

#9BA3C7 #A99BC7 #BF9BC7

triadic

#A99BC7 #C7A99B #9BC7A9

tetradic

#A99BC7 #C79BA3 #B9C79B #9BC7BF

square

#A99BC7 #C79BA3 #B9C79B #9BC7BF

split-complementary

#A99BC7 #C7BF9B #A3C79B

monochromatic

#685394 #8774B1 #A99BC7 #CBC2DD #ECE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A99BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A99BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC7

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC7	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.065 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d8',
    500: '#a99bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc7;
$custom-light: #c3b8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7167,
    "c": 0.06483,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC7

secondary

#E1E5D9

accent

#A73F86

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC7

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

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