#896B8A#896B8A

#896B8A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.059 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896B8A
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(298, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 17.62, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 21.58, 324.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.0484 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.059 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1611, 17.6692, 26.3883)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896B8A #6C8A6B

analogous

#796B8A #896B8A #8A6B7B

triadic

#896B8A #8A896B #6B8A89

tetradic

#896B8A #8A796B #6C8A6B #6B7B8A

square

#896B8A #8A796B #6C8A6B #6B7B8A

split-complementary

#896B8A #7B8A6B #6B8A79

monochromatic

#453645 #675068 #896B8A #A58CA6 #C0AFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#896B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#896B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #896B8A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##896B8A	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69728B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.059 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab95ac',
    500: '#896b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896b8a;
$custom-light: #ab95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 12.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.05889,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896B8A

secondary

#A1B0A1

accent

#B67274

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F1F4

border

#CECBCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896B8A

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

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