#896AA8#896AA8

#896AA8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.099 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AA8
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 168)
HSL	hsl(270, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 37%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 36.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 24.81, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 37.91, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.0587 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.099 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5371, 18.4537, 39.4128)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AA8 #89A86A

analogous

#6A6AA8 #896AA8 #A86AA8

triadic

#896AA8 #A8896A #6AA889

tetradic

#896AA8 #A86A6A #89A86A #6AA8A8

square

#896AA8 #A86A6A #89A86A #6AA8A8

split-complementary

#896AA8 #A8A86A #6AA86A

monochromatic

#4C3860 #6A4E86 #896AA8 #A891BF #C6B7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#896AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#896AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AA8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AA8	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D76AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.099 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac95c2',
    500: '#896aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896aa8;
$custom-light: #ac95c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 26.271,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AA8

secondary

#B7C4AA

accent

#C36594

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F7

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AA8

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

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