#A89BB3#A89BB3

#A89BB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.037 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BB3
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 179)
HSL	hsl(273, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 9.34, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 14.21, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0238 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.037 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0051, 35.0224, 47.5023)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BB3 #A6B39B

analogous

#9C9BB3 #A89BB3 #B39BB2

triadic

#A89BB3 #B3A89B #9BB3A8

tetradic

#A89BB3 #B39C9B #A6B39B #9BB2B3

square

#A89BB3 #B39C9B #A6B39B #9BB2B3

split-complementary

#A89BB3 #B2B39B #9BB39C

monochromatic

#6B5B78 #8A7899 #A89BB3 #C6BECD #E5E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A89BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A89BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BB3

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BB3	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#989FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.037 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8c9',
    500: '#a89bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bb3;
$custom-light: #c2b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70842,
    "c": 0.03734,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BB3

secondary

#D5D9D1

accent

#984E70

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BB3

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

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