#896AE0#896AE0

#896AE0 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.173 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AE0
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 224)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 52.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 39.07, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 68.43, 304.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.0665 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.173 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9215, 21.0075, 73.0376)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AE0 #C1E06A

analogous

#6A86E0 #896AE0 #C46AE0

triadic

#896AE0 #E0896A #6AE089

tetradic

#896AE0 #E06A86 #C1E06A #6AE0C4

square

#896AE0 #E06A86 #C1E06A #6AE0C4

split-complementary

#896AE0 #E0C46A #86E06A

monochromatic

#4824AC #6137D5 #896AE0 #B19DEB #D9CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#896AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#896AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AE0

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AE0	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3680E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D7CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72829B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.173 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b095ea',
    500: '#896ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ae0;
$custom-light: #b095ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61058,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AE0

secondary

#DDE7BF

accent

#CD189E

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AE0

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

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