#A89CD2#A89CD2

#A89CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.078 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CD2
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(253, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 15.49, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 30.24, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0326 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.078 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6672, 36.7546, 65.9648)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CD2 #C6D29C

analogous

#9CABD2 #A89CD2 #C39CD2

triadic

#A89CD2 #D2A89C #9CD2A8

tetradic

#A89CD2 #D29CAB #C6D29C #9CD2C3

square

#A89CD2 #D29CAB #C6D29C #9CD2C3

split-complementary

#A89CD2 #D2C39C #ABD29C

monochromatic

#604CA7 #8372BF #A89CD2 #CDC6E5 #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A89CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A89CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CD2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CD2	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A4D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.078 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9e0',
    500: '#a89cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cd2;
$custom-light: #c2b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CD2

secondary

#E9ECDE

accent

#B03595

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CD2

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

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