#A89BCD#A89BCD

#A89BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.073 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89BCD
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, 14.92, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 28.15, 302.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0325 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.073 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8868, 36.1751, 62.6796)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89BCD #C0CD9B

analogous

#9BA7CD #A89BCD #C19BCD

triadic

#A89BCD #CDA89B #9BCDA8

tetradic

#A89BCD #CD9BA7 #C0CD9B #9BCDC1

square

#A89BCD #CD9BA7 #C0CD9B #9BCDC1

split-complementary

#A89BCD #CDC19B #A7CD9B

monochromatic

#644F9E #8572B9 #A89BCD #CBC4E1 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A89BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A89BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89BCD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89BCD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.073 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b8dc',
    500: '#a89bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89bcd;
$custom-light: #c2b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89BCD

secondary

#E5E9DB

accent

#AC398E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89BCD

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

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