#A896A8#A896A8

#A896A8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.033 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896A8
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 168)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 9.96, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 12.16, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0274 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.033 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1217, 32.9651, 41.6036)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A896A8 #96A896

analogous

#9F96A8 #A896A8 #A8969F

triadic

#A896A8 #A8A896 #96A8A8

tetradic

#A896A8 #A89F96 #96A896 #969FA8

square

#A896A8 #A89F96 #96A896 #969FA8

split-complementary

#A896A8 #9FA896 #96A89F

monochromatic

#6B596B #8C758C #A896A8 #C4B7C4 #DFD9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A896A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A896A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896A8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896A8	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.033 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c1',
    500: '#a896a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896a8;
$custom-light: #c2b4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69459,
    "c": 0.03309,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896A8

secondary

#CAD0CA

accent

#935252

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896A8

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

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