#A896A6#A896A6

#A896A6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.031 H 329.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896A6
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 166)
HSL	hsl(307, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(307, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, 9.58, -5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 11.26, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0267 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.031 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9368, 32.8911, 40.6298)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896A6 #96A898

analogous

#A196A8 #A896A6 #A8969D

triadic

#A896A6 #A6A896 #96A6A8

tetradic

#A896A6 #A8A196 #96A898 #969DA8

square

#A896A6 #A8A196 #96A898 #969DA8

split-complementary

#A896A6 #9DA896 #96A8A1

monochromatic

#6B5969 #8C758A #A896A6 #C4B7C2 #DFD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A896A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A896A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896A6

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896A6	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.031 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c0',
    500: '#a896a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896a6;
$custom-light: #c2b4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69392,
    "c": 0.03095,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896A6

secondary

#CAD0CA

accent

#935952

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896A6

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

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