#A89CBC#A89CBC

#A89CBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.048 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CBC
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(263, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 10.65, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 18.33, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0255 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.048 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1123, 35.7326, 52.5091)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CBC #B0BC9C

analogous

#9CA0BC #A89CBC #B89CBC

triadic

#A89CBC #BCA89C #9CBCA8

tetradic

#A89CBC #BC9CA0 #B0BC9C #9CBCB8

square

#A89CBC #BC9CA0 #B0BC9C #9CBCB8

split-complementary

#A89CBC #BCB89C #A0BC9C

monochromatic

#695984 #8878A3 #A89CBC #C8C0D5 #E8E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A89CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A89CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CBC

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CBC	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.048 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9d0',
    500: '#a89cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cbc;
$custom-light: #c2b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71365,
    "c": 0.04773,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CBC

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9E487D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CBC

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

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