#A99CAA#A99CAA

#A99CAA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.025 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99CAA
RGB	rgb(169, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(296, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(296, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 7.35, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 9.21, 322.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0201 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.025 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5053, 35.1145, 42.9298)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99CAA #9DAA9C

analogous

#A29CAA #A99CAA #AA9CA4

triadic

#A99CAA #AAA99C #9CAAA9

tetradic

#A99CAA #AAA29C #9DAA9C #9CA4AA

square

#A99CAA #AAA29C #9DAA9C #9CA4AA

split-complementary

#A99CAA #A4AA9C #9CAAA2

monochromatic

#6C5E6E #8C7B8E #A99CAA #C6BDC6 #E2DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A99CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A99CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99CAA

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99CAA	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.025 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9c3',
    500: '#a99caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99caa;
$custom-light: #c2b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70828,
    "c": 0.02491,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99CAA

secondary

#CFD3CE

accent

#925458

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99CAA

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

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