#A899BA#A899BA

#A899BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.050 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899BA
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 186)
HSL	hsl(267, 19%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 11.91, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 19.20, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0293 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.05 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4010, 34.6526, 51.2158)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899BA #ABBA99

analogous

#999BBA #A899BA #B999BA

triadic

#A899BA #BAA899 #99BAA8

tetradic

#A899BA #BA999B #ABBA99 #99BAB9

square

#A899BA #BA999B #ABBA99 #99BAB9

split-complementary

#A899BA #BAB999 #9BBA99

monochromatic

#6A5781 #8974A1 #A899BA #C7BED3 #E6E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A899BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A899BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899BA

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899BA	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.050 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7ce',
    500: '#a899ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899ba;
$custom-light: #c2b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 19.298,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.05018,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899BA

secondary

#D8DDD2

accent

#9E4877

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899BA

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

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