#A99BCB#A99BCB

#A99BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.070 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BCB
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 14.79, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 27.12, 303.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% 0.033 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.07 298)
XYZ	xyz(38.8607, 36.1893, 61.4263)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BCB #BDCB9B

analogous

#9BA5CB #A99BCB #C19BCB

triadic

#A99BCB #CBA99B #9BCBA9

tetradic

#A99BCB #CB9BA5 #BDCB9B #9BCBC1

square

#A99BCB #CB9BA5 #BDCB9B #9BCBC1

split-complementary

#A99BCB #CBC19B #A5CB9B

monochromatic

#66519B #8673B6 #A99BCB #CCC3E0 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A99BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A99BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BCB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BCB	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.070 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8db',
    500: '#a99bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bcb;
$custom-light: #c3b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BCB

secondary

#E4E8DA

accent

#AA3B8A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BCB

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

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