#A89BB2#A89BB2

#A89BB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.036 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BB2
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(274, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 9.14, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 13.69, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0234 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.036 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9043, 34.9820, 46.9716)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BB2 #A5B29B

analogous

#9C9BB2 #A89BB2 #B29BB0

triadic

#A89BB2 #B2A89B #9BB2A8

tetradic

#A89BB2 #B29C9B #A5B29B #9BB0B2

square

#A89BB2 #B29C9B #A5B29B #9BB0B2

split-complementary

#A89BB2 #B0B29B #9BB29C

monochromatic

#6B5C77 #8A7897 #A89BB2 #C6BECD #E4E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A89BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A89BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BB2

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BB2	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.036 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8c9',
    500: '#a89bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bb2;
$custom-light: #c2b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 12.994,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70807,
    "c": 0.03603,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BB2

secondary

#D4D8D1

accent

#974E6E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BB2

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

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