#A896AA#A896AA

#A896AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.035 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896AA
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 170)
HSL	hsl(294, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(294, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 10.35, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 13.08, 322.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0282 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.035 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3095, 33.0402, 42.5924)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A896AA #98AA96

analogous

#9E96AA #A896AA #AA96A2

triadic

#A896AA #AAA896 #96AAA8

tetradic

#A896AA #AA9E96 #98AA96 #96A2AA

square

#A896AA #AA9E96 #98AA96 #96A2AA

split-complementary

#A896AA #A2AA96 #96AA9E

monochromatic

#6B586D #8C748F #A896AA #C4B8C5 #E0DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A896AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#A896AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896AA

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896AA	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.035 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c3',
    500: '#a896aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896aa;
$custom-light: #c2b4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69526,
    "c": 0.03533,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896AA

secondary

#CBD2CA

accent

#955158

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896AA

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

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