#A89CD4#A89CD4

#A89CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.081 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CD4
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(253, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 15.96, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 31.33, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0332 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.081 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9179, 36.8549, 67.2852)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CD4 #C8D49C

analogous

#9CACD4 #A89CD4 #C49CD4

triadic

#A89CD4 #D4A89C #9CD4A8

tetradic

#A89CD4 #D49CAC #C8D49C #9CD4C4

square

#A89CD4 #D49CAC #C8D49C #9CD4C4

split-complementary

#A89CD4 #D4C49C #ACD49C

monochromatic

#5F4AAB #8371C1 #A89CD4 #CDC7E7 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A89CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A89CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CD4

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CD4	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA4D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A3D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.081 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9e1',
    500: '#a89cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cd4;
$custom-light: #c2b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CD4

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B23397

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CD4

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

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