#A899BE#A899BE

#A899BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.056 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899BE
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 12.75, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 21.33, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0307 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.056 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8322, 34.8250, 53.4867)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899BE #AFBE99

analogous

#999DBE #A899BE #BB99BE

triadic

#A899BE #BEA899 #99BEA8

tetradic

#A899BE #BE999D #AFBE99 #99BEBB

square

#A899BE #BE999D #AFBE99 #99BEBB

split-complementary

#A899BE #BEBB99 #9DBE99

monochromatic

#6A5687 #8874A6 #A899BE #C8BED6 #E8E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A899BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A899BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899BE

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899BE	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.056 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7d1',
    500: '#a899be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899be;
$custom-light: #c2b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 22.156,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70842,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899BE

secondary

#DBDFD4

accent

#A1457B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899BE

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

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