#A89BCB#A89BCB

#A89BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.070 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BCB
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 14.47, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 27.06, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% 0.0319 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.07 297)
XYZ	xyz(38.6470, 36.0791, 61.4162)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BCB #BECB9B

analogous

#9BA6CB #A89BCB #C09BCB

triadic

#A89BCB #CBA89B #9BCBA8

tetradic

#A89BCB #CB9BA6 #BECB9B #9BCBC0

square

#A89BCB #CB9BA6 #BECB9B #9BCBC0

split-complementary

#A89BCB #CBC09B #A6CB9B

monochromatic

#65519B #8573B6 #A89BCB #CBC3E0 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A89BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A89BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BCB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BCB	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.070 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8db',
    500: '#a89bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bcb;
$custom-light: #c2b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BCB

secondary

#E4E8DA

accent

#AA3B8C

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BCB

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

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