#A89EBA#A89EBA

#A89EBA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.042 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89EBA
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(261, 17%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(261, 15%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 9.11, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 15.97, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0218 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.042 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2366, 36.3237, 51.4943)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89EBA #B0BA9E

analogous

#9EA2BA #A89EBA #B69EBA

triadic

#A89EBA #BAA89E #9EBAA8

tetradic

#A89EBA #BA9EA2 #B0BA9E #9EBAB6

square

#A89EBA #BA9EA2 #B0BA9E #9EBAB6

split-complementary

#A89EBA #BAB69E #A2BA9E

monochromatic

#695C81 #887AA1 #A89EBA #C8C2D3 #E8E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A89EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A89EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89EBA

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89EBA	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.042 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bace',
    500: '#a89eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89eba;
$custom-light: #c2bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 16.867,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.04158,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89EBA

secondary

#DBDED6

accent

#9B4A7E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121113

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89EBA

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

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