#A89BB5#A89BB5

#A89BB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.040 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BB5
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 9.75, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 15.26, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0245 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.04 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2088, 35.1038, 48.5753)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BB5 #A8B59B

analogous

#9B9BB5 #A89BB5 #B59BB5

triadic

#A89BB5 #B5A89B #9BB5A8

tetradic

#A89BB5 #B59B9B #A8B59B #9BB5B5

square

#A89BB5 #B59B9B #A8B59B #9BB5B5

split-complementary

#A89BB5 #B5B59B #9BB59B

monochromatic

#6B5B7B #89789B #A89BB5 #C7BECF #E5E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A89BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A89BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BB5

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BB5	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.040 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8cb',
    500: '#a89bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bb5;
$custom-light: #c2b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70912,
    "c": 0.03999,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BB5

secondary

#D6DAD2

accent

#994C73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BB5

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

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