#A9999E#A9999E

#A9999E is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.020 H 356.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9999E
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(341, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(341, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 6.77, -0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 6.79, 355.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.02 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.02 356.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9243, 33.6866, 37.0562)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9999E #99A9A4

analogous

#A999A6 #A9999E #A99C99

triadic

#A9999E #9EA999 #999EA9

tetradic

#A9999E #A6A999 #99A9A4 #9C99A9

square

#A9999E #A6A999 #99A9A4 #9C99A9

split-complementary

#A9999E #99A99C #99A6A9

monochromatic

#6C5B61 #8D787E #A9999E #C5BABE #E1DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9999E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9999E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.020 356.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7ba',
    500: '#a9999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9999e;
$custom-light: #c2b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.25,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69837,
    "c": 0.02007,
    "h": 356.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9999E

secondary

#CCD2D0

accent

#927F53

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9999E

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

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