#896AE3#896AE3

#896AE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.177 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AE3
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(255, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 39.88, -57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 70.05, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.0667 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.177 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3320, 21.1717, 75.1993)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AE3 #C4E36A

analogous

#6A87E3 #896AE3 #C66AE3

triadic

#896AE3 #E3896A #6AE389

tetradic

#896AE3 #E36A87 #C4E36A #6AE3C6

square

#896AE3 #E36A87 #C4E36A #6AE3C6

split-complementary

#896AE3 #E3C66A #87E36A

monochromatic

#4621B1 #6036D9 #896AE3 #B29EED #DBD1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#896AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#896AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AE3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AE3	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3281E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.177 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b095ec',
    500: '#896ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ae3;
$custom-light: #b095ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.372,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61248,
    "c": 0.17654,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AE3

secondary

#DEE9C0

accent

#D015A0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AE3

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

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