#A896AE#A896AE

#A896AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.040 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A896AE
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 11.14, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 15.02, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0296 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.04 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6936, 33.1939, 44.6156)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A896AE #9CAE96

analogous

#9C96AE #A896AE #AE96A8

triadic

#A896AE #AEA896 #96AEA8

tetradic

#A896AE #AE9C96 #9CAE96 #96A8AE

square

#A896AE #AE9C96 #9CAE96 #96A8AE

split-complementary

#A896AE #A8AE96 #96AE9C

monochromatic

#6B5872 #8B7393 #A896AE #C5B9C9 #E1DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#A896AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#A896AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A896AE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A896AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A896AE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a896ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.040 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b4c6',
    500: '#a896ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a896ae;
$custom-light: #c2b4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a896ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.04007,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A896AE

secondary

#CED4CC

accent

#974E61

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A896AE

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

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