#A299AA#A299AA

#A299AA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.026 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A299AA
RGB	rgb(162, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(272, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(272, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 6.55, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 10.09, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0168 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.026 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5460, 33.3662, 42.6955)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A299AA #A1AA99

analogous

#9999AA #A299AA #AA99A9

triadic

#A299AA #AAA299 #99AAA2

tetradic

#A299AA #AA9999 #A1AA99 #99A9AA

square

#A299AA #AA9999 #A1AA99 #99A9AA

split-complementary

#A299AA #A9AA99 #99AA99

monochromatic

#655B6D #84788E #A299AA #C0BAC6 #DFDCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#A299AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#A299AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A299AA

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A299AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A299AA	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A19B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a299aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.026 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb7c3',
    500: '#a299aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a299aa;
$custom-light: #bdb7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a299aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69606,
    "c": 0.02649,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A299AA

secondary

#CFD2CC

accent

#935271

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A299AA

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

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