#A899BF#A899BF

#A899BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.057 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A899BF
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 191)
HSL	hsl(264, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 19.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 12.97, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 21.86, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.031 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.057 303)
XYZ	xyz(36.9418, 34.8689, 54.0643)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A899BF #B0BF99

analogous

#999DBF #A899BF #BB99BF

triadic

#A899BF #BFA899 #99BFA8

tetradic

#A899BF #BF999D #B0BF99 #99BFBB

square

#A899BF #BF999D #B0BF99 #99BFBB

split-complementary

#A899BF #BFBB99 #9DBF99

monochromatic

#695588 #8873A7 #A899BF #C8BFD7 #E8E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A899BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A899BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A899BF

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A899BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A899BF	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a899bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.057 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7d2',
    500: '#a899bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a899bf;
$custom-light: #c2b7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a899bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7088,
    "c": 0.05695,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.34869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A899BF

secondary

#DBE0D4

accent

#A1447D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A899BF

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

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