#A99BC8#A99BC8

#A99BC8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.066 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC8
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 14.13, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 25.50, 303.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% 0.0321 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.066 299)
XYZ	xyz(38.5067, 36.0477, 59.5616)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC8 #BAC89B

analogous

#9BA4C8 #A99BC8 #C09BC8

triadic

#A99BC8 #C8A99B #9BC8A9

tetradic

#A99BC8 #C89BA4 #BAC89B #9BC8C0

square

#A99BC8 #C89BA4 #BAC89B #9BC8C0

split-complementary

#A99BC8 #C8C09B #A4C89B

monochromatic

#685396 #8774B2 #A99BC8 #CBC2DE #EDEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A99BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A99BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC8

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC8	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.066 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d8',
    500: '#a99bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc8;
$custom-light: #c3b8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.06621,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.36048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC8

secondary

#E2E6D9

accent

#A83E87

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC8

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

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