#A89CA6#A89CA6

#A89CA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.020 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CA6
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(310, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(310, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 6.23, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 7.20, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0174 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.02 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9189, 34.8553, 40.9572)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CA6 #9CA89E

analogous

#A49CA8 #A89CA6 #A89CA0

triadic

#A89CA6 #A6A89C #9CA6A8

tetradic

#A89CA6 #A8A49C #9CA89E #9CA0A8

square

#A89CA6 #A8A49C #9CA89E #9CA0A8

split-complementary

#A89CA6 #A0A89C #9CA8A4

monochromatic

#6B5E69 #8B7B89 #A89CA6 #C5BDC3 #E1DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A89CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A89CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CA6

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CA6	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9EA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.020 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c0',
    500: '#a89ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89ca6;
$custom-light: #c1b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70611,
    "c": 0.01986,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CA6

secondary

#CED2CE

accent

#905F55

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CA6

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

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