#A899AB#A899AB

#A899AB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.031 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899AB
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 171)
HSL	hsl(290, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(290, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 8.86, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 11.53, 320.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0239 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.031 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8893, 34.0479, 43.2541)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899AB #9CAB99

analogous

#9F99AB #A899AB #AB99A5

triadic

#A899AB #ABA899 #99ABA8

tetradic

#A899AB #AB9F99 #9CAB99 #99A5AB

square

#A899AB #AB9F99 #9CAB99 #99A5AB

split-complementary

#A899AB #A5AB99 #99AB9F

monochromatic

#6B5B6F #8B778F #A899AB #C5BBC7 #E1DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A899AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A899AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899AB

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899AB	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.031 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7c4',
    500: '#a899ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ab;
$custom-light: #c1b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 9.677,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.03094,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899AB

secondary

#CED3CD

accent

#94525D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899AB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →