#896AE1#896AE1

#896AE1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.174 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AE1
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 225)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, 39.34, -56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 68.97, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.0666 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.174 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0575, 21.0619, 73.7540)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AE1 #C2E16A

analogous

#6A87E1 #896AE1 #C46AE1

triadic

#896AE1 #E1896A #6AE189

tetradic

#896AE1 #E16A87 #C2E16A #6AE1C4

square

#896AE1 #E16A87 #C2E16A #6AE1C4

split-complementary

#896AE1 #E1C46A #87E16A

monochromatic

#4723AE #6137D7 #896AE1 #B19DEB #DAD0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#896AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#896AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AE1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AE1	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3580E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72839B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.174 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b095eb',
    500: '#896ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ae1;
$custom-light: #b095eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.63,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.17397,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AE1

secondary

#DDE8BF

accent

#CE179F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AE1

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

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