#A296A4#A296A4

#A296A4 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.024 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A296A4
RGB	rgb(162, 150, 164)
HSL	hsl(291, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(291, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 7.04, -5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 9.08, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0191 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.024 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5065, 32.1747, 39.6126)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A296A4 #98A496

analogous

#9B96A4 #A296A4 #A4969F

triadic

#A296A4 #A4A296 #96A4A2

tetradic

#A296A4 #A49B96 #98A496 #969FA4

square

#A296A4 #A49B96 #98A496 #969FA4

split-complementary

#A296A4 #9FA496 #96A49B

monochromatic

#655967 #857587 #A296A4 #BFB7C0 #DCD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A296A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A296A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A296A4

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A296A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A296A4	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a296a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 150, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.024 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4bf',
    500: '#a296a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a296a4;
$custom-light: #bdb4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a296a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.02441,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A296A4

secondary

#C9CEC8

accent

#91545D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A296A4

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

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