#A296A6#A296A6

#A296A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.027 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A296A6
RGB	rgb(162, 150, 166)
HSL	hsl(285, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 10%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 7.44, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 10.06, 317.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0198 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.027 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6885, 32.2475, 40.5713)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A296A6 #9AA696

analogous

#9A96A6 #A296A6 #A696A2

triadic

#A296A6 #A6A296 #96A6A2

tetradic

#A296A6 #A69A96 #9AA696 #96A2A6

square

#A296A6 #A69A96 #9AA696 #96A2A6

split-complementary

#A296A6 #A2A696 #96A69A

monochromatic

#655969 #85758A #A296A6 #BFB7C2 #DDD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A296A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A296A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A296A6

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A296A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A296A6	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a296a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 150, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.027 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb4c0',
    500: '#a296a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a296a6;
$custom-light: #bdb4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a296a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8.247,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68856,
    "c": 0.02681,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A296A6

secondary

#CACFC9

accent

#925363

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A296A6

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

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