#A89AB4#A89AB4

#A89AB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.040 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89AB4
RGB	rgb(168, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(272, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 10.10, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 15.39, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0257 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.04 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9409, 34.7315, 47.9816)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89AB4 #A6B49A

analogous

#9B9AB4 #A89AB4 #B49AB3

triadic

#A89AB4 #B4A89A #9AB4A8

tetradic

#A89AB4 #B49B9A #A6B49A #9AB3B4

square

#A89AB4 #B49B9A #A6B49A #9AB3B4

split-complementary

#A89AB4 #B3B49A #9AB49B

monochromatic

#6B5A79 #8A779A #A89AB4 #C6BDCE #E5E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A89AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A89AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89AB4

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89AB4	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.040 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b7ca',
    500: '#a89ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89ab4;
$custom-light: #c2b7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 14.773,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.04043,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89AB4

secondary

#D5D9D1

accent

#994D70

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89AB4

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

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