#A89BBD#A89BBD

#A89BBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.051 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BBD
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 11.42, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 19.50, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0273 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.051 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0533, 35.4417, 53.0231)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BBD #B0BD9B

analogous

#9B9FBD #A89BBD #B99BBD

triadic

#A89BBD #BDA89B #9BBDA8

tetradic

#A89BBD #BD9B9F #B0BD9B #9BBDB9

square

#A89BBD #BD9B9F #B0BD9B #9BBDB9

split-complementary

#A89BBD #BDB99B #9FBD9B

monochromatic

#695885 #8876A5 #A89BBD #C8C0D5 #E8E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A89BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A89BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BBD

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BBD	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.051 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8d1',
    500: '#a89bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bbd;
$custom-light: #c2b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71202,
    "c": 0.0508,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BBD

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9F477D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BBD

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

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