#A89CB6#A89CB6

#A89CB6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.040 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CB6
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(268, 15%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 9.39, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 15.13, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0234 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.04 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4789, 35.4793, 49.1733)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CB6 #AAB69C

analogous

#9C9DB6 #A89CB6 #B59CB6

triadic

#A89CB6 #B6A89C #9CB6A8

tetradic

#A89CB6 #B69C9D #AAB69C #9CB6B5

square

#A89CB6 #B69C9D #AAB69C #9CB6B5

split-complementary

#A89CB6 #B6B59C #9DB69C

monochromatic

#6B5C7C #89799C #A89CB6 #C7BFD0 #E6E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A89CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A89CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CB6

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CB6	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.040 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9cb',
    500: '#a89cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cb6;
$custom-light: #c2b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 15.116,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71149,
    "c": 0.03957,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CB6

secondary

#D7DBD3

accent

#994C76

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CB6

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

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