#A89CB4#A89CB4

#A89CB4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.037 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CB4
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 8.99, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 14.08, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0227 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.037 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2737, 35.3972, 48.0925)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CB4 #A8B49C

analogous

#9C9CB4 #A89CB4 #B49CB4

triadic

#A89CB4 #B4A89C #9CB4A8

tetradic

#A89CB4 #B49C9C #A8B49C #9CB4B4

square

#A89CB4 #B49C9C #A8B49C #9CB4B4

split-complementary

#A89CB4 #B4B49C #9CB49C

monochromatic

#6B5C7A #89799A #A89CB4 #C7BFCE #E5E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A89CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A89CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CB4

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CB4	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.037 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9ca',
    500: '#a89cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cb4;
$custom-light: #c2b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71078,
    "c": 0.0369,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CB4

secondary

#D6DAD2

accent

#984E73

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CB4

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

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