#A89DCD#A89DCD

#A89DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.070 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89DCD
RGB	rgb(168, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(254, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 13.80, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 26.90, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0296 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.07 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2225, 36.8463, 62.7914)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89DCD #C2CD9D

analogous

#9DAACD #A89DCD #C09DCD

triadic

#A89DCD #CDA89D #9DCDA8

tetradic

#A89DCD #CD9DAA #C2CD9D #9DCDC0

square

#A89DCD #CD9DAA #C2CD9D #9DCDC0

split-complementary

#A89DCD #CDC09D #AACD9D

monochromatic

#63519F #8474B8 #A89DCD #CCC6E2 #EDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A89DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A89DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89DCD

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89DCD	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)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.070 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2badc',
    500: '#a89dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89dcd;
$custom-light: #c2badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72216,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89DCD

secondary

#E6E9DD

accent

#AB3A91

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#121115

muted

#818083

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89DCD

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

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