#A989CD#A989CD

#A989CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A989CD
RGB	rgb(169, 137, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 33.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 25.42, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 39.78, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0599 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.103 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3251, 30.7343, 61.7644)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A989CD #ADCD89

analogous

#898BCD #A989CD #CB89CD

triadic

#A989CD #CDA989 #89CDA9

tetradic

#A989CD #CD898B #ADCD89 #89CDCB

square

#A989CD #CD898B #ADCD89 #89CDCB

split-complementary

#A989CD #CDCB89 #8BCD89

monochromatic

#6B419A #8A5EBB #A989CD #C8B4DF #E8DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A989CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A989CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A989CD

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A989CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A989CD	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A493A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a989cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 137, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3abdc',
    500: '#a989cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a989cd;
$custom-light: #c3abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a989cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68488,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A989CD

secondary

#DAE4CE

accent

#B43277

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A989CD

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

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