#A89EB3#A89EB3

#A89EB3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.032 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89EB3
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(269, 12%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(269, 12%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 7.67, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 12.24, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0193 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.032 307)
XYZ	xyz(36.5106, 36.0333, 47.6708)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89EB3 #A9B39E

analogous

#9E9EB3 #A89EB3 #B29EB3

triadic

#A89EB3 #B3A89E #9EB3A8

tetradic

#A89EB3 #B39E9E #A9B39E #9EB3B2

square

#A89EB3 #B39E9E #A9B39E #9EB3B2

split-complementary

#A89EB3 #B3B29E #9EB39E

monochromatic

#6B5E78 #897C98 #A89EB3 #C7C0CE #E6E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A89EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A89EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89EB3

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89EB3	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)

#9BA1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.032 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bac9',
    500: '#a89eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89eb3;
$custom-light: #c1bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 12.139,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71449,
    "c": 0.03205,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.36033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89EB3

secondary

#D7DAD3

accent

#964F74

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89EB3

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

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