#A99FBB#A99FBB

#A99FBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.042 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99FBB
RGB	rgb(169, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(261, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 9.10, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 15.95, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0218 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.042 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7283, 36.8191, 52.1233)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99FBB #B1BB9F

analogous

#9FA3BB #A99FBB #B79FBB

triadic

#A99FBB #BBA99F #9FBBA9

tetradic

#A99FBB #BB9FA3 #B1BB9F #9FBBB7

square

#A99FBB #BB9FA3 #B1BB9F #9FBBB7

split-complementary

#A99FBB #BBB79F #A3BB9F

monochromatic

#6A5D83 #897BA2 #A99FBB #C9C3D4 #E9E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A99FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A99FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99FBB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99FBB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.042 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bbcf',
    500: '#a99fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99fbb;
$custom-light: #c2bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.04154,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99FBB

secondary

#DCDFD7

accent

#9B4A7E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99FBB

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

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