#896AE2#896AE2

#896AE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.175 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AE2
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(256, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 39.61, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 69.51, 304.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.0666 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.175 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1943, 21.1167, 74.4745)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AE2 #C3E26A

analogous

#6A87E2 #896AE2 #C56AE2

triadic

#896AE2 #E2896A #6AE289

tetradic

#896AE2 #E26A87 #C3E26A #6AE2C5

square

#896AE2 #E26A87 #C3E26A #6AE2C5

split-complementary

#896AE2 #E2C56A #87E26A

monochromatic

#4722AF #6037D8 #896AE2 #B29DEC #DAD0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#896AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#896AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AE2

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AE2	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3480E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.175 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b095ec',
    500: '#896ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ae2;
$custom-light: #b095ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.5,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61185,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AE2

secondary

#DEE8C0

accent

#CF169F

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AE2

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

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