#A98EA9#A98EA9

#A98EA9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.050 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98EA9
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 15.01, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 18.26, 325.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0414 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.05 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1957, 30.6462, 41.6950)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98EA9 #8EA98E

analogous

#9B8EA9 #A98EA9 #A98E9B

triadic

#A98EA9 #A9A98E #8EA9A9

tetradic

#A98EA9 #A99B8E #8EA98E #8E9BA9

square

#A98EA9 #A99B8E #8EA98E #8E9BA9

split-complementary

#A98EA9 #9BA98E #8EA99B

monochromatic

#6B526B #8E6C8E #A98EA9 #C3B1C3 #DED4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A98EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A98EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A98EA9

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98EA9	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.050 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afc2',
    500: '#a98ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98ea9;
$custom-light: #c2afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.568,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67997,
    "c": 0.04984,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98EA9

secondary

#C4CEC4

accent

#984E4E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98EA9

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

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