#A99BEE#A99BEE

#A99BEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99BEE
RGB	rgb(169, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(250, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 23.04, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 46.07, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0424 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.119 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5123, 38.0499, 85.9242)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99BEE #E0EE9B

analogous

#9BB7EE #A99BEE #D29BEE

triadic

#A99BEE #EEA99B #9BEEA9

tetradic

#A99BEE #EE9BB7 #E0EE9B #9BEED2

square

#A99BEE #EE9BB7 #E0EE9B #9BEED2

split-complementary

#A99BEE #EED29B #B7EE9B

monochromatic

#4F32DC #7C67E5 #A99BEE #D6CFF7 #E9E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A99BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A99BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99BEE

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99BEE	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b8f4',
    500: '#a99bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99bee;
$custom-light: #c4b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.12,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99BEE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D313B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99BEE

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

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