#A99CD6#A99CD6

#A99CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.084 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99CD6
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(253, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 16.73, -27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 32.46, 301.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0349 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.084 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3855, 37.0666, 68.6322)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99CD6 #C9D69C

analogous

#9CACD6 #A99CD6 #C69CD6

triadic

#A99CD6 #D6A99C #9CD6A9

tetradic

#A99CD6 #D69CAC #C9D69C #9CD6C6

square

#A99CD6 #D69CAC #C9D69C #9CD6C6

split-complementary

#A99CD6 #D6C69C #ACD69C

monochromatic

#6049AF #8371C4 #A99CD6 #CFC7E8 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A99CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A99CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99CD6

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99CD6	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.084 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9e2',
    500: '#a99cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99cd6;
$custom-light: #c3b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.448,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99CD6

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B43197

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99CD6

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

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