#A89FBD#A89FBD

#A89FBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.044 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89FBD
RGB	rgb(168, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 9.18, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 16.96, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0214 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.044 299)
XYZ	xyz(37.7301, 36.7952, 53.2487)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89FBD #B4BD9F

analogous

#9FA5BD #A89FBD #B79FBD

triadic

#A89FBD #BDA89F #9FBDA8

tetradic

#A89FBD #BD9FA5 #B4BD9F #9FBDB7

square

#A89FBD #BD9FA5 #B4BD9F #9FBDB7

split-complementary

#A89FBD #BDB79F #A5BD9F

monochromatic

#685C86 #877BA4 #A89FBD #C9C3D6 #EAE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A89FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A89FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89FBD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89FBD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.044 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2bbd1',
    500: '#a89fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89fbd;
$custom-light: #c2bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.04408,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.36795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89FBD

secondary

#DEE0D7

accent

#9D4984

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121114

muted

#818082

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89FBD

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

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