#A99DDD#A99DDD

#A99DDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.092 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99DDD
RGB	rgb(169, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(251, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 17.80, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 35.64, 299.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0354 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.092 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4672, 37.7689, 73.4980)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99DDD #D1DD9D

analogous

#9DB1DD #A99DDD #C99DDD

triadic

#A99DDD #DDA99D #9DDDA9

tetradic

#A99DDD #DD9DB1 #D1DD9D #9DDDC9

square

#A99DDD #DD9DB1 #D1DD9D #9DDDC9

split-complementary

#A99DDD #DDC99D #B1DD9D

monochromatic

#5942BD #8170CD #A99DDD #D1CAED #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A99DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A99DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99DDD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99DDD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.092 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bae7',
    500: '#a99ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99ddd;
$custom-light: #c3bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99DDD

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC2AA0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99DDD

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

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