#A99ECD#A99ECD

#A99ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.068 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99ECD
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 13.55, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 26.32, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0293 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.068 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6061, 37.2962, 62.8581)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99ECD #C2CD9E

analogous

#9EAACD #A99ECD #C09ECD

triadic

#A99ECD #CDA99E #9ECDA9

tetradic

#A99ECD #CD9EAA #C2CD9E #9ECDC0

square

#A99ECD #CD9EAA #C2CD9E #9ECDC0

split-complementary

#A99ECD #CDC09E #AACD9E

monochromatic

#64529F #8576B8 #A99ECD #CDC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A99ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A99ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99ECD

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99ECD	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.068 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3badc',
    500: '#a99ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99ecd;
$custom-light: #c3badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.043,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.0683,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99ECD

secondary

#E7EADD

accent

#AB3B91

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99ECD

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

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