#A89CB3#A89CB3

#A89CB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.036 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CB3
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(271, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 8.78, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 13.55, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0223 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.036 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1722, 35.3566, 47.5580)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CB3 #A7B39C

analogous

#9C9CB3 #A89CB3 #B39CB2

triadic

#A89CB3 #B3A89C #9CB3A8

tetradic

#A89CB3 #B39C9C #A7B39C #9CB2B3

square

#A89CB3 #B39C9C #A7B39C #9CB2B3

split-complementary

#A89CB3 #B2B39C #9CB39C

monochromatic

#6B5C78 #8A7998 #A89CB3 #C6BFCE #E5E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A89CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A89CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CB3

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CB3	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.036 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9c9',
    500: '#a89cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cb3;
$custom-light: #c2b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 13.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71044,
    "c": 0.03556,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CB3

secondary

#D5D9D2

accent

#974E71

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CB3

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

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