#A89BB9#A89BB9

#A89BB9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.045 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BB9
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(266, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 10.58, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 17.37, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0259 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.045 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6251, 35.2704, 50.7679)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BB9 #ACB99B

analogous

#9B9DB9 #A89BB9 #B79BB9

triadic

#A89BB9 #B9A89B #9BB9A8

tetradic

#A89BB9 #B99B9D #ACB99B #9BB9B7

square

#A89BB9 #B99B9D #ACB99B #9BB9B7

split-complementary

#A89BB9 #B9B79B #9DB99B

monochromatic

#6A5A80 #8977A0 #A89BB9 #C7BFD2 #E7E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A89BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A89BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BB9

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BB9	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.045 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8ce',
    500: '#a89bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bb9;
$custom-light: #c2b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71055,
    "c": 0.04535,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BB9

secondary

#D9DDD3

accent

#9C4A78

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BB9

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

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