#A89EB2#A89EB2

#A89EB2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.031 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89EB2
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 7.46, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 11.72, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0189 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.031 308)
XYZ	xyz(36.4098, 35.9930, 47.1401)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89EB2 #A8B29E

analogous

#9E9EB2 #A89EB2 #B29EB2

triadic

#A89EB2 #B2A89E #9EB2A8

tetradic

#A89EB2 #B29E9E #A8B29E #9EB2B2

square

#A89EB2 #B29E9E #A8B29E #9EB2B2

split-complementary

#A89EB2 #B2B29E #9EB29E

monochromatic

#6B5F77 #897C97 #A89EB2 #C7C0CD #E5E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A89EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A89EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89EB2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89EB2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.031 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bac9',
    500: '#a89eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89eb2;
$custom-light: #c1bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 11.494,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71415,
    "c": 0.03071,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.35993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89EB2

secondary

#D6D9D3

accent

#965073

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89EB2

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

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