#A294A6#A294A6

#A294A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.030 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A294A6
RGB	rgb(162, 148, 166)
HSL	hsl(287, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(287, 11%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 10.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 8.56, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 11.41, 318.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0229 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.031 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3721, 31.6146, 40.4658)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A294A6 #98A694

analogous

#9994A6 #A294A6 #A694A1

triadic

#A294A6 #A6A294 #94A6A2

tetradic

#A294A6 #A69994 #98A694 #94A1A6

square

#A294A6 #A69994 #98A694 #94A1A6

split-complementary

#A294A6 #A1A694 #94A699

monochromatic

#655769 #85738A #A294A6 #BFB5C2 #DCD7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A294A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#A294A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A294A6

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A294A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A294A6	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a294a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 148, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.030 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb3c0',
    500: '#a294a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a294a6;
$custom-light: #bdb3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a294a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68448,
    "c": 0.0305,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A294A6

secondary

#C9CEC8

accent

#935261

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A294A6

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

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