#A799AA#A799AA

#A799AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.029 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A799AA
RGB	rgb(167, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(289, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(289, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 8.31, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 10.86, 319.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0224 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.029 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5822, 33.9005, 42.7441)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A799AA #9CAA99

analogous

#9E99AA #A799AA #AA99A4

triadic

#A799AA #AAA799 #99AAA7

tetradic

#A799AA #AA9E99 #9CAA99 #99A4AA

square

#A799AA #AA9E99 #9CAA99 #99A4AA

split-complementary

#A799AA #A4AA99 #99AA9E

monochromatic

#6A5B6D #8A788E #A799AA #C4BAC6 #E1DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A799AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A799AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A799AA

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A799AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A799AA	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a799aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.029 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7c3',
    500: '#a799aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a799aa;
$custom-light: #c1b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a799aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70042,
    "c": 0.02913,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A799AA

secondary

#CDD2CC

accent

#93525E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A799AA

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

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