#A99DB2#A99DB2

#A99DB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.033 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99DB2
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 8.37, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 12.50, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0215 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.033 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4537, 35.7635, 47.0935)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99DB2 #A6B29D

analogous

#9E9DB2 #A99DB2 #B29DB0

triadic

#A99DB2 #B2A99D #9DB2A9

tetradic

#A99DB2 #B29E9D #A6B29D #9DB0B2

square

#A99DB2 #B29E9D #A6B29D #9DB0B2

split-complementary

#A99DB2 #B0B29D #9DB29E

monochromatic

#6C5E77 #8B7B97 #A99DB2 #C7BFCD #E5E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A99DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A99DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99DB2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99DB2	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.033 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9c9',
    500: '#a99db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99db2;
$custom-light: #c2b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99DB2

secondary

#D5D9D2

accent

#964F6E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99DB2

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

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