#A99BC9#A99BC9

#A99BC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.068 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BC9
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(258, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 14.35, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 26.04, 303.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0324 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.068 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6239, 36.0946, 60.1791)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BC9 #BBC99B

analogous

#9BA4C9 #A99BC9 #C09BC9

triadic

#A99BC9 #C9A99B #9BC9A9

tetradic

#A99BC9 #C99BA4 #BBC99B #9BC9C0

square

#A99BC9 #C99BA4 #BBC99B #9BC9C0

split-complementary

#A99BC9 #C9C09B #A4C99B

monochromatic

#675298 #8773B4 #A99BC9 #CBC3DE #EDEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A99BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A99BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BC9

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BC9	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.068 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8d9',
    500: '#a99bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bc9;
$custom-light: #c3b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71748,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BC9

secondary

#E2E6D9

accent

#A93D88

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121114

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BC9

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

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