#A89CA5#A89CA5

#A89CA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.019 H 334.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CA5
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(315, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(315, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 6.04, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 6.79, 332.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.017 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.019 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8275, 34.8187, 40.4760)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CA5 #9CA89F

analogous

#A59CA8 #A89CA5 #A89C9F

triadic

#A89CA5 #A5A89C #9CA5A8

tetradic

#A89CA5 #A8A59C #9CA89F #9C9FA8

square

#A89CA5 #A8A59C #9CA89F #9C9FA8

split-complementary

#A89CA5 #9FA89C #9CA8A5

monochromatic

#6B5E68 #8B7B87 #A89CA5 #C5BDC3 #E1DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A89CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A89CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CA5

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CA5	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.019 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9bf',
    500: '#a89ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89ca5;
$custom-light: #c1b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70579,
    "c": 0.01887,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CA5

secondary

#CED2CF

accent

#906455

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CA5

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

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