#A99CD2#A99CD2

#A99CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.079 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99CD2
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(254, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 15.81, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 30.29, 301.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0337 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.079 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8809, 36.8648, 65.9748)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99CD2 #C5D29C

analogous

#9CAAD2 #A99CD2 #C49CD2

triadic

#A99CD2 #D2A99C #9CD2A9

tetradic

#A99CD2 #D29CAA #C5D29C #9CD2C4

square

#A99CD2 #D29CAA #C5D29C #9CD2C4

split-complementary

#A99CD2 #D2C49C #AAD29C

monochromatic

#624CA7 #8472BF #A99CD2 #CEC6E5 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A99CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A99CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99CD2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99CD2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.079 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9e0',
    500: '#a99cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99cd2;
$custom-light: #c3b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.444,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72308,
    "c": 0.07851,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99CD2

secondary

#E8ECDE

accent

#B03593

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99CD2

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

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