#A89EAE#A89EAE

#A89EAE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.025 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89EAE
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(278, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 6.67, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 9.65, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% 0.0174 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.026 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0140, 35.8347, 45.0557)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89EAE #A4AE9E

analogous

#A09EAE #A89EAE #AE9EAC

triadic

#A89EAE #AEA89E #9EAEA8

tetradic

#A89EAE #AEA09E #A4AE9E #9EACAE

square

#A89EAE #AEA09E #A4AE9E #9EACAE

split-complementary

#A89EAE #ACAE9E #9EAEA0

monochromatic

#6B5F72 #8A7D92 #A89EAE #C6BFCA #E4E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A89EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A89EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89EAE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89EAE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.025 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bac6',
    500: '#a89eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89eae;
$custom-light: #c1bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 8.989,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.0255,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89EAE

secondary

#D3D7D1

accent

#93536B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89EAE

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

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