#A899BC#A899BC

#A899BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.053 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899BC
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 12.33, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 20.26, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.03 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.053 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6151, 34.7382, 52.3434)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899BC #ADBC99

analogous

#999CBC #A899BC #BA99BC

triadic

#A899BC #BCA899 #99BCA8

tetradic

#A899BC #BC999C #ADBC99 #99BCBA

square

#A899BC #BC999C #ADBC99 #99BCBA

split-complementary

#A899BC #BCBA99 #9CBC99

monochromatic

#6A5784 #8874A4 #A899BC #C8BED4 #E7E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A899BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A899BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899BC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899BC	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.053 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7d0',
    500: '#a899bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899bc;
$custom-light: #c2b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 20.71,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.05288,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899BC

secondary

#D9DED3

accent

#9F4679

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899BC

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

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