#A99EDD#A99EDD

#A99EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99EDD
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(250, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 17.24, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 35.02, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0.034 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.091 292)
XYZ	xyz(41.6371, 38.1086, 73.5547)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99EDD #D2DD9E

analogous

#9EB3DD #A99EDD #C99EDD

triadic

#A99EDD #DDA99E #9EDDA9

tetradic

#A99EDD #DD9EB3 #D2DD9E #9EDDC9

square

#A99EDD #DD9EB3 #D2DD9E #9EDDC9

split-complementary

#A99EDD #DDC99E #B3DD9E

monochromatic

#5943BD #8171CD #A99EDD #D1CBED #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A99EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A99EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99EDD

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99EDD	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bae7',
    500: '#a99edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99edd;
$custom-light: #c3bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.38109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99EDD

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2AA2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99EDD

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

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