#A89EB5#A89EB5

#A89EB5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.035 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89EB5
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 181)
HSL	hsl(266, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 8.07, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 13.30, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.02 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.035 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7143, 36.1148, 48.7438)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89EB5 #ABB59E

analogous

#9EA0B5 #A89EB5 #B49EB5

triadic

#A89EB5 #B5A89E #9EB5A8

tetradic

#A89EB5 #B59EA0 #ABB59E #9EB5B4

square

#A89EB5 #B59EA0 #ABB59E #9EB5B4

split-complementary

#A89EB5 #B5B49E #A0B59E

monochromatic

#6A5E7B #897B9B #A89EB5 #C7C1CF #E6E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A89EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A89EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89EB5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89EB5	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.035 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bacb',
    500: '#a89eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89eb5;
$custom-light: #c2bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 13.45,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71518,
    "c": 0.03475,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89EB5

secondary

#D8DBD4

accent

#984E78

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89EB5

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

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