#A99EE3#A99EE3

#A99EE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.099 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99EE3
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(250, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 18.66, -33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 38.28, 299.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0356 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.099 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4508, 38.4341, 77.8401)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99EE3 #D8E39E

analogous

#9EB5E3 #A99EE3 #CB9EE3

triadic

#A99EE3 #E3A99E #9EE3A9

tetradic

#A99EE3 #E39EB5 #D8E39E #9EE3CB

square

#A99EE3 #E39EB5 #D8E39E #9EE3CB

split-complementary

#A99EE3 #E3CB9E #B5E39E

monochromatic

#553FC8 #7F6FD5 #A99EE3 #D3CDF1 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A99EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A99EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99EE3

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99EE3	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.099 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4baec',
    500: '#a99ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99ee3;
$custom-light: #c4baec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.565,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73424,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99EE3

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C323A9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99EE3

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

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