#896AE9#896AE9

#896AE9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.184 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AE9
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, 41.51, -60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 73.26, 304.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0669 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.184 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1745, 21.5087, 79.6368)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AE9 #CAE96A

analogous

#6A8BE9 #896AE9 #C96AE9

triadic

#896AE9 #E9896A #6AE989

tetradic

#896AE9 #E96A8B #CAE96A #6AE9C9

square

#896AE9 #E96A8B #CAE96A #6AE9C9

split-complementary

#896AE9 #E9C96A #8BE96A

monochromatic

#431CBD #5F35E1 #896AE9 #B39FF1 #DDD5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#896AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#896AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AE9

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AE9	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A82ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E859F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.184 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195f1',
    500: '#896ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ae9;
$custom-light: #b195f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.646,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61636,
    "c": 0.1842,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AE9

secondary

#E2ECC3

accent

#D60FA6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AE9

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

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