#A896AC#A896AC

#A896AC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.038 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896AC
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 172)
HSL	hsl(289, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(289, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 10.74, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 14.04, 319.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0289 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.038 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5001, 33.1164, 43.5964)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896AC #9AAC96

analogous

#9D96AC #A896AC #AC96A5

triadic

#A896AC #ACA896 #96ACA8

tetradic

#A896AC #AC9D96 #9AAC96 #96A5AC

square

#A896AC #AC9D96 #9AAC96 #96A5AC

split-complementary

#A896AC #A5AC96 #96AC9D

monochromatic

#6B586F #8C7491 #A896AC #C4B8C7 #E1DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A896AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A896AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896AC

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896AC	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.038 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c4',
    500: '#a896ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896ac;
$custom-light: #c2b4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69594,
    "c": 0.03766,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896AC

secondary

#CCD3CB

accent

#96505C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896AC

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

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