#896BB9#896BB9

#896BB9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.120 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BB9
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 185)
HSL	hsl(263, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 42.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 28.34, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 46.54, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.0608 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.12 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3292, 19.3364, 48.3401)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BB9 #9BB96B

analogous

#6B74B9 #896BB9 #B06BB9

triadic

#896BB9 #B9896B #6BB989

tetradic

#896BB9 #B96B74 #9BB96B #6BB9B0

square

#896BB9 #B96B74 #9BB96B #6BB9B0

split-complementary

#896BB9 #B9B06B #74B96B

monochromatic

#4E3673 #6A4A9D #896BB9 #AA95CD #CBBEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#896BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#896BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BB9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BB9	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5679BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C79B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.120 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96ce',
    500: '#896bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bb9;
$custom-light: #ad96ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58965,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BB9

secondary

#C4D0B0

accent

#CC5CA1

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BB9

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

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