#A99DCD#A99DCD

#A99DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.070 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99DCD
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 14.11, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 26.95, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0307 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.07 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4362, 36.9565, 62.8014)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99DCD #C1CD9D

analogous

#9DA9CD #A99DCD #C19DCD

triadic

#A99DCD #CDA99D #9DCDA9

tetradic

#A99DCD #CD9DA9 #C1CD9D #9DCDC1

square

#A99DCD #CD9DA9 #C1CD9D #9DCDC1

split-complementary

#A99DCD #CDC19D #A9CD9D

monochromatic

#64519F #8574B8 #A99DCD #CDC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A99DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A99DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99DCD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99DCD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.070 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3badc',
    500: '#a99dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99dcd;
$custom-light: #c3badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99DCD

secondary

#E6E9DD

accent

#AB3A8F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99DCD

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

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