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violet · cool

#a892cf

a light, soft violet · cool · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Thistle

RGB
168, 146, 207
HSL
262°, 39%, 69%
CMYK
19, 30, 0, 19
Luminance
0.3339

#a892cf is a light soft violet, 262° on the wheel and 71/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.68:1). As text it scores 2.74:1 on white — use #8364BB instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(262 39% 69%)rgb(168 146 207)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #a892cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#a892cf
Hue
262°
violet
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3339
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
71/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
7.68:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 11.2
Chroma
35.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.702
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 17.7
Web-safe
#9999CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue262° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #a892cf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool71% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red25%
Green62%
Blue13%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#a892cf
HEX (8-digit)#a892cfff
RGBrgb(168, 146, 207)
RGBArgba(168, 146, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(262, 39%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262, 29%, 81%)
HWBhwb(262 57% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 30%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(64.5 20.5 -28.3)
LCHlch(64.5 35.0 305.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.702 0.091 300.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(37.69, 33.39, 63.48)
Decimal11047631
Display P3color(display-p3 0.659 0.573 0.812)
Web-safe#9999CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #a892cf;
background-color: #a892cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #a892cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#a892cf] bg-[#a892cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #a892cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.659, green: 0.573, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.659, green: 0.573, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#A892CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFA892CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFA892CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 146, 168)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(168, 146, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(168, 146, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 168, 146, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6588f, 0.5725f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{168,146,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #a892cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #a892cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#392759, #DDD4EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #a892cf h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F5FA;
  --brand-100: #EEEBF4;
  --brand-200: #DBD3E9;
  --brand-300: #C1B1DD;
  --brand-400: #a892cf;
  --brand-500: #8363BA;
  --brand-600: #6D4BAA;
  --brand-700: #5B3E8E;
  --brand-800: #493271;
  --brand-900: #372753;
  --brand-950: #221934;
  --brand: #a892cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D2C6E6;
  --brand-hover: #9479C4;
  --brand-pressed: #8060B9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1A1424;
    --brand-ink: #DDD4EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F5FA',
        100: '#EEEBF4',
        200: '#DBD3E9',
        300: '#C1B1DD',
        400: '#a892cf',
        500: '#8363BA',
        600: '#6D4BAA',
        700: '#5B3E8E',
        800: '#493271',
        900: '#372753',
        950: '#221934',
        DEFAULT: '#a892cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F5FA,
  '100': #EEEBF4,
  '200': #DBD3E9,
  '300': #C1B1DD,
  '400': #a892cf,
  '500': #8363BA,
  '600': #6D4BAA,
  '700': #5B3E8E,
  '800': #493271,
  '900': #372753,
  '950': #221934,
);
$brand-base: #a892cf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEEBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DBD3E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C1B1DD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#a892cf", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8363BA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#6D4BAA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#5B3E8E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#493271", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#372753", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#221934", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #a892cf · 7.68:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.74:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.68:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #a892cf as text scores 2.74:1 on white and 7.68:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #392759 at 4.77:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#8364BB · 4.66:1
AA on white−13% L
#8364BB
The quick fox
#6746A0 · 7.09:1
AAA on white−24% L
#6746A0
The quick fox
#a892cf · 7.68:1
AA on blackalready passes
#a892cf
The quick fox
#a892cf · 7.68:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#a892cf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9F87CA is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#a892cf on white: 2.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#a892cf on black: 7.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #a892cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #a892cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.74:1AaAa
Slate 502.61:1AaAa
Slate 1002.50:1AaAa
Slate 2002.22:1AaAa
Slate 3001.84:1AaAa
Slate 4001.07:1AaAa
Slate 5001.74:1AaAa
Slate 6002.77:1AaAa
Slate 7003.79:1AaAa
Slate 8005.35:1AaAa
Slate 9006.53:1AaAa
Black7.68:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #859CD2
deuteranopia · #899CCD
tritanopia · #A19BA8

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #a892cf is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F5FA
#EEEBF4
#DBD3E9
#C1B1DD
#a892cf
#8363BA
#6D4BAA
#5B3E8E
#493271
#372753
#221934
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F7F5FADarkest = 950 · #221934Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.023 300.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.036 300.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.054 300.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.071 300.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.083 300.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.091 300.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.091 300.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.085 300.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.076 300.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.063 300.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 300.6);
}

Colors that work with #a892cf

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D2C6E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#684B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#88923A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#392759
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1EDF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1A1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#9479C4
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8060B9
Two steps down
Disabled#E7E4ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B199DC
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #a892cf

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #392759
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9F87CA

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight31/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B9CF92
Analogous left#929ACF
Analogous right#C692CF
Split-complement 1#CFC692
Split-complement 2#9ACF92
Triadic 1#CFA892
Triadic 2#92CFA8
Tetradic#CF929A
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°262°

#a892cf sits at 262°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red65.9%
Green57.3%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
168
0xa8
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan18.8%
Magenta29.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 67%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#a892cf text on a black background

contrast 7.68:1

Card sample

#a892cf text on a white background

contrast 2.74:1

Card sample

#a892cf on grey

2.50:1

#a892cf on its own surface

2.51:1

#a892cf on its dark surface

6.57:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #a892cf;
Background color
Panel with #a892cf background
background-color: #a892cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #a892cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(168, 146, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(168, 146, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #a892cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a892cf, #CF92CD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a892cf, #CF92BE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #a892cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #a892cf;
caret-color: #a892cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #a892cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1EDF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #a892cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#a892cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #a892cf over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(168, 146, 207, 0.5)
rgb(168 146 207 / 50%)
#a892cf80
hsl(262 39% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #a892cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#a892cf1a#F6F4FA
20%#a892cf33#EEE9F5
40%#a892cf66#DCD3EC
60%#a892cf99#CBBEE2
80%#a892cfcc#B9A8D9

Gradients from #a892cf

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #CABCE2, #a892cf 45%, #392759);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #a892cf, #C67DBE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #a892cf, #B9CF92);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DBD2EB 0%, #a892cf 45%, #392759 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B5BFDF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D6A7D8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #392759 0%, transparent 65%), #a892cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #a892cf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#a892cf in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.68:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#a892cf, answered

What color is #a892cf?

#a892cf is a light soft violet, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 11.2). It sits at 262° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #a892cf?

rgb(168, 146, 207) — 168 red, 146 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 65.9% / 57.3% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #a892cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(262, 39%, 69%) and hsv(262, 29%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #a892cf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3339 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 7.68:1.

Should I use black or white text on #a892cf?

Black. It scores 7.68:1 against #a892cf, versus 2.74:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #a892cf accessible on a white background?

#a892cf on white scores 2.74:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #8364BB to reach 4.5:1, or #6746A0 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #a892cf?

#B9CF92 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CFC692 and #9ACF92, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #a892cf?

For interface work: #F7F4FA as the surface, #D2C6E6 for borders, #684B9B for secondary text, #88923A as an accent and #392759 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #929ACF and #C692CF stays calm, while #B9CF92 is the loudest partner.

What is #a892cf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(19%, 30%, 0%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #a892cf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 71 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #BE92CF; nudged cooler, #9091D1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #a892cf?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 17.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #a892cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #a892cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#a892cf] or text-[#a892cf], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #a892cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(168, 146, 207, 0.5), or #a892cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D4C9E7; over black, #544968.

Is #a892cf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999CC, ΔE2000 5.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #a892cf mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #a892cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CABCE2, #a892cf 45%, #392759). For more colour, a short hue run to #C67DBE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #a892cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #a892cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.