#896AEE#896AEE

#896AEE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.191 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896AEE
RGB	rgb(137, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(254, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 42.88, -62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 75.93, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.067 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.191 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8989, 21.7985, 83.4518)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896AEE #CFEE6A

analogous

#6A8DEE #896AEE #CB6AEE

triadic

#896AEE #EE896A #6AEE89

tetradic

#896AEE #EE6A8D #CFEE6A #6AEECB

square

#896AEE #EE6A8D #CFEE6A #6AEECB

split-complementary

#896AEE #EECB6A #8DEE6A

monochromatic

#4017C7 #5D33E8 #896AEE #B5A1F4 #E0D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#896AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#896AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896AEE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896AEE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2083F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#287EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C87A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.191 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195f4',
    500: '#896aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896aee;
$custom-light: #b195f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.091,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61965,
    "c": 0.19054,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896AEE

secondary

#E5EFC5

accent

#DC0AAA

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #896AEE

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

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