#A898B2#A898B2

#A898B2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.041 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A898B2
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 178)
HSL	hsl(277, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 10.82, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 15.69, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.028 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.041 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4112, 33.9959, 46.8072)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A898B2 #A2B298

analogous

#9B98B2 #A898B2 #B298AF

triadic

#A898B2 #B2A898 #98B2A8

tetradic

#A898B2 #B29B98 #A2B298 #98AFB2

square

#A898B2 #B29B98 #A2B298 #98AFB2

split-complementary

#A898B2 #AFB298 #98B29B

monochromatic

#6B5977 #8A7598 #A898B2 #C6BBCC #E3DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A898B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A898B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A898B2

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A898B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A898B2	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a898b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.041 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b6c9',
    500: '#a898b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a898b2;
$custom-light: #c2b6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a898b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70204,
    "c": 0.04142,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A898B2

secondary

#D2D7CE

accent

#994D6A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A898B2

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

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