#A898AA#A898AA

#A898AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.032 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A898AA
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 170)
HSL	hsl(293, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(293, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 9.23, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 11.73, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0251 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.032 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6313, 33.6839, 42.6997)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A898AA #9AAA98

analogous

#9F98AA #A898AA #AA98A3

triadic

#A898AA #AAA898 #98AAA8

tetradic

#A898AA #AA9F98 #9AAA98 #98A3AA

square

#A898AA #AA9F98 #9AAA98 #98A3AA

split-complementary

#A898AA #A3AA98 #98AA9F

monochromatic

#6B5A6D #8C768E #A898AA #C4BAC6 #E1DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A898AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A898AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A898AA

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A898AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A898AA	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a898aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.032 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b6c3',
    500: '#a898aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a898aa;
$custom-light: #c1b6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a898aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.03163,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A898AA

secondary

#CCD2CC

accent

#945259

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A898AA

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

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