#A898AC#A898AC

#A898AC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.034 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A898AC
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 172)
HSL	hsl(288, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(288, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 9.62, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 12.69, 319.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0258 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.034 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8220, 33.7602, 43.7037)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A898AC #9CAC98

analogous

#9E98AC #A898AC #AC98A6

triadic

#A898AC #ACA898 #98ACA8

tetradic

#A898AC #AC9E98 #9CAC98 #98A6AC

square

#A898AC #AC9E98 #9CAC98 #98A6AC

split-complementary

#A898AC #A6AC98 #98AC9E

monochromatic

#6B5A70 #8B7691 #A898AC #C5BAC7 #E1DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A898AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A898AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A898AC

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A898AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A898AC	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a898ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.034 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6c4',
    500: '#a898ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a898ac;
$custom-light: #c2b6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a898ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 10.753,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.03397,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A898AC

secondary

#CED3CC

accent

#95515E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A898AC

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

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