#A89CB8#A89CB8

#A89CB8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CB8
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 184)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 15%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 9.81, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 16.19, 307.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0241 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.042 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6871, 35.5625, 50.2696)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CB8 #ACB89C

analogous

#9C9EB8 #A89CB8 #B69CB8

triadic

#A89CB8 #B8A89C #9CB8A8

tetradic

#A89CB8 #B89C9E #ACB89C #9CB8B6

square

#A89CB8 #B89C9E #ACB89C #9CB8B6

split-complementary

#A89CB8 #B8B69C #9EB89C

monochromatic

#6A5B7F #89789E #A89CB8 #C7C0D2 #E7E3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A89CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A89CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CB8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CB8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9cd',
    500: '#a89cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cb8;
$custom-light: #c2b9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 16.471,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7122,
    "c": 0.04227,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CB8

secondary

#D9DCD3

accent

#9B4B78

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CB8

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

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