#A89CBB#A89CBB

#A89CBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.046 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CBB
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(263, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 10.43, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 17.79, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0251 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.046 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0049, 35.6896, 51.9434)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CBB #AFBB9C

analogous

#9CA0BB #A89CBB #B89CBB

triadic

#A89CBB #BBA89C #9CBBA8

tetradic

#A89CBB #BB9CA0 #AFBB9C #9CBBB8

square

#A89CBB #BB9CA0 #AFBB9C #9CBBB8

split-complementary

#A89CBB #BBB89C #A0BB9C

monochromatic

#6A5A83 #8878A2 #A89CBB #C8C0D4 #E8E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A89CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A89CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CBB

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CBB	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.046 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9cf',
    500: '#a89cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cbb;
$custom-light: #c2b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 18.563,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71328,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CBB

secondary

#DBDED5

accent

#9D497C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CBB

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

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