#A99BDB#A99BDB

#A99BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.093 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BDB
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(253, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 18.46, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 35.79, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0377 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.093 294)
XYZ	xyz(40.8667, 36.9917, 71.9912)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BDB #CDDB9B

analogous

#9BADDB #A99BDB #C99BDB

triadic

#A99BDB #DBA99B #9BDBA9

tetradic

#A99BDB #DB9BAD #CDDB9B #9BDBC9

square

#A99BDB #DB9BAD #CDDB9B #9BDBC9

split-complementary

#A99BDB #DBC99B #ADDB9B

monochromatic

#5C43B9 #826ECB #A99BDB #D0C8EB #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A99BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A99BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BDB

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BDB	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.093 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b8e6',
    500: '#a99bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bdb;
$custom-light: #c3b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.36992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BDB

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BA2B9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BDB

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

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