#896B97#896B97

#896B97 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.075 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896B97
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 151)
HSL	hsl(281, 17%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 20.37, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 28.13, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.0526 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.075 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1593, 18.0685, 31.6451)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896B97 #79976B

analogous

#736B97 #896B97 #976B8F

triadic

#896B97 #97896B #6B9789

tetradic

#896B97 #97736B #79976B #6B8F97

square

#896B97 #97736B #79976B #6B8F97

split-complementary

#896B97 #8F976B #6B9773

monochromatic

#483850 #695174 #896B97 #A68FB0 #C2B3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#896B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#896B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896B97

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896B97	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88707B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.075 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac95b5',
    500: '#896b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896b97;
$custom-light: #ac95b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57333,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896B97

secondary

#ABB9A5

accent

#BA6E86

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F1F6

border

#CECBD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #896B97

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

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