#A89CB2#A89CB2

#A89CB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.034 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CB2
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 8.58, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 13.03, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0219 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.034 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0714, 35.3163, 47.0273)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CB2 #A6B29C

analogous

#9D9CB2 #A89CB2 #B29CB1

triadic

#A89CB2 #B2A89C #9CB2A8

tetradic

#A89CB2 #B29D9C #A6B29C #9CB1B2

square

#A89CB2 #B29D9C #A6B29C #9CB1B2

split-complementary

#A89CB2 #B1B29C #9CB29D

monochromatic

#6B5D77 #8A7A97 #A89CB2 #C6BECD #E5E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A89CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A89CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CB2

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CB2	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.034 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b9c9',
    500: '#a89cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cb2;
$custom-light: #c1b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71009,
    "c": 0.03425,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CB2

secondary

#D5D9D1

accent

#974F6F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CB2

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

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