#896BC3#896BC3

#896BC3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.133 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BC3
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 195)
HSL	hsl(260, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(260, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 45.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 30.86, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 52.03, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0624 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.133 298)
XYZ	xyz(25.4222, 19.7736, 54.0965)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BC3 #A5C36B

analogous

#6B79C3 #896BC3 #B56BC3

triadic

#896BC3 #C3896B #6BC389

tetradic

#896BC3 #C36B79 #A5C36B #6BC3B5

square

#896BC3 #C36B79 #A5C36B #6BC3B5

split-complementary

#896BC3 #C3B56B #79C36B

monochromatic

#4E3480 #6845AB #896BC3 #AC97D5 #CEC2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#896BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#896BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BC3

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BC3	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#507BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D7B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.133 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d5',
    500: '#896bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bc3;
$custom-light: #ae96d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.455,
    "s": 42.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59507,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.19774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BC3

secondary

#CAD6B4

accent

#D256A8

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BC3

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

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