#A99CED#A99CED

#A99CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.116 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99CED
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(250, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 22.23, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 44.91, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0409 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.116 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5329, 38.3256, 85.2083)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99CED #E0ED9C

analogous

#9CB8ED #A99CED #D29CED

triadic

#A99CED #EDA99C #9CEDA9

tetradic

#A99CED #ED9CB8 #E0ED9C #9CEDD2

square

#A99CED #ED9CB8 #E0ED9C #9CEDD2

split-complementary

#A99CED #EDD29C #B8ED9C

monochromatic

#4F34DA #7C68E4 #A99CED #D6D0F6 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A99CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A99CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99CED

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99CED	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.116 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9f3',
    500: '#a99ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99ced;
$custom-light: #c4b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.63,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99CED

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#D114B3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99CED

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

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