#A89CA8#A89CA8

#A89CA8 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.022 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A89CA8
RGBrgb(168, 156, 168)
HSLhsl(300, 6%, 64%)
HSVhsv(300, 7%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(65.69, 6.61, -4.66)
CIE-LCHlch(65.69, 8.09, 324.83°)
OKLaboklab(70.68% 0.0182 -0.0123)
OKLCHoklch(70.68% 0.022 325.8)
XYZxyz(35.1038, 34.9292, 41.9309)
Luminance0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A89CA8 #9CA89C
analogous
#A29CA8 #A89CA8 #A89CA2
triadic
#A89CA8 #A8A89C #9CA8A8
tetradic
#A89CA8 #A8A29C #9CA89C #9CA2A8
square
#A89CA8 #A8A29C #9CA89C #9CA2A8
split-complementary
#A89CA8 #A2A89C #9CA8A2
monochromatic
#6B5E6B #8B7B8B #A89CA8 #C5BDC5 #E1DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#A89CA8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#A89CA8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CA8
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A89CA8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A89CA81.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B9FA9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA0A8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A99DA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a89ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.022 325.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c1',
    500: '#a89ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a89ca8;
$custom-light: #c1b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a89ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70675,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A89CA8
secondary
#CED2CE
accent
#905555
background
#FBFBFB
surface
#F7F6F7
border
#D0D0D0
text
#121112
muted
#818081

Preview Lab

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#A89CA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva