#A899BD#A899BD

#A899BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.054 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899BD
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 12.54, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 20.79, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0303 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.054 304)
XYZ	xyz(36.7233, 34.7815, 52.9131)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899BD #AEBD99

analogous

#999CBD #A899BD #BA99BD

triadic

#A899BD #BDA899 #99BDA8

tetradic

#A899BD #BD999C #AEBD99 #99BDBA

square

#A899BD #BD999C #AEBD99 #99BDBA

split-complementary

#A899BD #BDBA99 #9CBD99

monochromatic

#6A5685 #8874A5 #A899BD #C8BED5 #E7E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A899BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A899BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899BD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899BD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.054 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7d1',
    500: '#a899bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899bd;
$custom-light: #c2b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.05423,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.34781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899BD

secondary

#DADFD3

accent

#A0467A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899BD

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

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