#896BB8#896BB8

#896BB8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.118 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BB8
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 184)
HSL	hsl(263, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 41.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 28.09, -36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 45.99, 307.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.0606 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.118 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2240, 19.2944, 47.7861)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BB8 #9AB86B

analogous

#6B73B8 #896BB8 #B06BB8

triadic

#896BB8 #B8896B #6BB889

tetradic

#896BB8 #B86B73 #9AB86B #6BB8B0

square

#896BB8 #B86B73 #9AB86B #6BB8B0

split-complementary

#896BB8 #B8B06B #73B86B

monochromatic

#4E3772 #6A4B9B #896BB8 #AA94CC #CBBEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#896BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#896BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BB8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BB8	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5779BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D79B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.118 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96cd',
    500: '#896bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bb8;
$custom-light: #ad96cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.377,
    "s": 35.16,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58913,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BB8

secondary

#C3CFB0

accent

#CB5DA0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BB8

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

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