#A99BEC#A99BEC

#A99BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BEC
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(250, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 22.55, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 44.99, 300.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.042 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.116 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2201, 37.9331, 84.3853)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BEC #DEEC9B

analogous

#9BB6EC #A99BEC #D29BEC

triadic

#A99BEC #ECA99B #9BECA9

tetradic

#A99BEC #EC9BB6 #DEEC9B #9BECD2

square

#A99BEC #EC9BB6 #DEEC9B #9BECD2

split-complementary

#A99BEC #ECD29B #B6EC9B

monochromatic

#5134D8 #7D68E2 #A99BEC #D5CEF6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A99BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A99BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BEC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BEC	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8f2',
    500: '#a99bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bec;
$custom-light: #c4b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.37,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BEC

secondary

#EDF2D9

accent

#D016B0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BEC

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

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