#A89DBB#A89DBB

#A89DBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.045 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89DBB
RGB	rgb(168, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(262, 18%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(262, 16%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 9.88, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 17.15, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0237 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.045 302)
XYZ	xyz(37.1734, 36.0266, 51.9995)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89DBB #B0BB9D

analogous

#9DA1BB #A89DBB #B79DBB

triadic

#A89DBB #BBA89D #9DBBA8

tetradic

#A89DBB #BB9DA1 #B0BB9D #9DBBB7

square

#A89DBB #BB9DA1 #B0BB9D #9DBBB7

split-complementary

#A89DBB #BBB79D #A1BB9D

monochromatic

#695B83 #8879A2 #A89DBB #C8C1D4 #E8E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A89DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A89DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89DBB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89DBB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.045 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bacf',
    500: '#a89dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89dbb;
$custom-light: #c2bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 18.072,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71529,
    "c": 0.04466,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89DBB

secondary

#DBDFD5

accent

#9C497E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89DBB

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

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