#A99CA2#A99CA2

#A99CA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.017 H 347.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99CA2
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(332, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(332, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 4.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 5.84, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 6.00, 346.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.017 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.017 347.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7714, 34.8210, 39.0648)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99CA2 #9CA9A3

analogous

#A99CA8 #A99CA2 #A99C9C

triadic

#A99CA2 #A2A99C #9CA2A9

tetradic

#A99CA2 #A8A99C #9CA9A3 #9C9CA9

square

#A99CA2 #A8A99C #9CA9A3 #9C9CA9

split-complementary

#A99CA2 #9CA99C #9CA8A9

monochromatic

#6C5E65 #8D7B83 #A99CA2 #C5BDC1 #E2DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A99CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A99CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99CA2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99CA2	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)

#9D9EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A0A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.017 347.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9bd',
    500: '#a99ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99ca2;
$custom-light: #c2b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.308,
    "s": 7.027,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.01736,
    "h": 347.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99CA2

secondary

#CED3D1

accent

#917555

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99CA2

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

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