#A89CD7#A89CD7

#A89CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.085 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89CD7
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(252, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 16.65, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 32.96, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.034 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.085 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2998, 37.0076, 69.2968)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89CD7 #CBD79C

analogous

#9CAED7 #A89CD7 #C59CD7

triadic

#A89CD7 #D7A89C #9CD7A8

tetradic

#A89CD7 #D79CAE #CBD79C #9CD7C5

square

#A89CD7 #D79CAE #CBD79C #9CD7C5

split-complementary

#A89CD7 #D7C59C #AED79C

monochromatic

#5D48B1 #8270C5 #A89CD7 #CEC8E9 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A89CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A89CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89CD7

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89CD7	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.085 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b9e3',
    500: '#a89cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89cd7;
$custom-light: #c2b9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72434,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89CD7

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B6309A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89CD7

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

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