#A899AE#A899AE

#A899AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.035 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899AE
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 174)
HSL	hsl(283, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(283, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 9.46, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 13.00, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.025 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.035 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1785, 34.1636, 44.7772)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899AE #9FAE99

analogous

#9E99AE #A899AE #AE99AA

triadic

#A899AE #AEA899 #99AEA8

tetradic

#A899AE #AE9E99 #9FAE99 #99AAAE

square

#A899AE #AE9E99 #9FAE99 #99AAAE

split-complementary

#A899AE #AAAE99 #99AE9E

monochromatic

#6B5B72 #8B7793 #A899AE #C5BBC9 #E2DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A899AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#A899AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899AE

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899AE	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.035 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7c6',
    500: '#a899ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ae;
$custom-light: #c2b7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 11.475,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.03457,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899AE

secondary

#D0D5CE

accent

#965064

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899AE

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

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