#896AC8#896AC8

#896AC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.141 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AC8
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 200)
HSL	hsl(260, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(260, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 32.72, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 55.41, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.0644 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.141 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8933, 19.7963, 57.0893)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AC8 #A9C86A

analogous

#6A7AC8 #896AC8 #B86AC8

triadic

#896AC8 #C8896A #6AC889

tetradic

#896AC8 #C86A7A #A9C86A #6AC8B8

square

#896AC8 #C86A7A #A9C86A #6AC8B8

split-complementary

#896AC8 #C8B86A #7AC86A

monochromatic

#4D3286 #6742B3 #896AC8 #AC97D8 #D0C3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#896AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#896AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AC8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AC8	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.141 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae95d9',
    500: '#896ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ac8;
$custom-light: #ae95d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.787,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59612,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AC8

secondary

#CDD9B5

accent

#D652AA

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F1FA

border

#CFCBD3

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AC8

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

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