#A99EAE#A99EAE

#A99EAE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.026 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99EAE
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(281, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(281, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 7.02, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 9.80, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0185 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.026 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2278, 35.9449, 45.0657)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99EAE #A3AE9E

analogous

#A19EAE #A99EAE #AE9EAB

triadic

#A99EAE #AEA99E #9EAEA9

tetradic

#A99EAE #AEA19E #A3AE9E #9EABAE

square

#A99EAE #AEA19E #A3AE9E #9EABAE

split-complementary

#A99EAE #ABAE9E #9EAEA1

monochromatic

#6C5F72 #8B7D92 #A99EAE #C7BFCA #E4E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A99EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A99EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99EAE

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99EAE	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.026 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bac6',
    500: '#a99eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99eae;
$custom-light: #c2bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71366,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99EAE

secondary

#D3D7D1

accent

#935367

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99EAE

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

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