#A899AC#A899AC

#A899AC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.032 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899AC
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 172)
HSL	hsl(287, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 11%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 9.06, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 12.01, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0243 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.032 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9849, 34.0862, 43.7580)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899AC #9DAC99

analogous

#9E99AC #A899AC #AC99A6

triadic

#A899AC #ACA899 #99ACA8

tetradic

#A899AC #AC9E99 #9DAC99 #99A6AC

square

#A899AC #AC9E99 #9DAC99 #99A6AC

split-complementary

#A899AC #A6AC99 #99AC9E

monochromatic

#6B5B70 #8B7791 #A899AC #C5BBC7 #E2DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A899AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A899AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899AC

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899AC	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.032 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b7c4',
    500: '#a899ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ac;
$custom-light: #c1b7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70198,
    "c": 0.03213,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899AC

secondary

#CED4CD

accent

#94515F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899AC

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

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