#A8798E#A8798E

#A8798E is a light, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.065 H 350.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8798E
RGB	rgb(168, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(333, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(333, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 15.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 21.65, -4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 22.03, 349.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0641 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.065 350.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8684, 23.9538, 28.7415)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8798E #79A893

analogous

#A879A6 #A8798E #A87C79

triadic

#A8798E #8EA879 #798EA8

tetradic

#A8798E #A6A879 #79A893 #7C79A8

square

#A8798E #A6A879 #79A893 #7C79A8

split-complementary

#A8798E #79A87C #79A6A8

monochromatic

#654251 #8A5A6F #A8798E #C09EAD #D8C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A8798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A8798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8798E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8798E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D828F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.065 350.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a0af',
    500: '#a8798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8798e;
$custom-light: #c2a0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.191,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.06499,
    "h": 350.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8798E

secondary

#B5C8BF

accent

#BE986A

background

#FCF9FA

surface

#F8F2F4

border

#D1CCCE

text

#120E10

muted

#817E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8798E

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

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