#A189CD#A189CD

#A189CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.101 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A189CD
RGB	rgb(161, 137, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 22.97, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 39.22, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0506 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.101 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6606, 29.8760, 61.6864)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A189CD #B5CD89

analogous

#8993CD #A189CD #C389CD

triadic

#A189CD #CDA189 #89CDA1

tetradic

#A189CD #CD8993 #B5CD89 #89CDC3

square

#A189CD #CD8993 #B5CD89 #89CDC3

split-complementary

#A189CD #CDC389 #93CD89

monochromatic

#61419A #7F5EBB #A189CD #C3B4DF #E5DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A189CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A189CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A189CD

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A189CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A189CD	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7994D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9994A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a189cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 137, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.101 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beabdc',
    500: '#a189cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a189cd;
$custom-light: #beabdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a189cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67751,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A189CD

secondary

#DCE4CE

accent

#B43286

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A189CD

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

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