#A899AA#A899AA

#A899AA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.030 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899AA
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 170)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 10%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 8.67, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 11.05, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0235 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.03 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7943, 34.0099, 42.7540)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A899AA #9BAA99

analogous

#9F99AA #A899AA #AA99A3

triadic

#A899AA #AAA899 #99AAA8

tetradic

#A899AA #AA9F99 #9BAA99 #99A3AA

square

#A899AA #AA9F99 #9BAA99 #99A3AA

split-complementary

#A899AA #A3AA99 #99AA9F

monochromatic

#6B5B6D #8C788E #A899AA #C4BAC6 #E1DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A899AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A899AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899AA

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899AA	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)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.030 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7c3',
    500: '#a899aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899aa;
$custom-light: #c1b7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70131,
    "c": 0.02978,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899AA

secondary

#CDD2CC

accent

#93525A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899AA

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

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