#896BC8#896BC8

#896BC8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.140 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BC8
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 32.14, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 54.76, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.0631 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.14 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9970, 20.0036, 57.1238)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BC8 #AAC86B

analogous

#6B7BC8 #896BC8 #B86BC8

triadic

#896BC8 #C8896B #6BC889

tetradic

#896BC8 #C86B7B #AAC86B #6BC8B8

square

#896BC8 #C86B7B #AAC86B #6BC8B8

split-complementary

#896BC8 #C8B86B #7BC86B

monochromatic

#4D3287 #6743B3 #896BC8 #AD98D9 #D0C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#896BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#896BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BC8

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BC8	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.140 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96d9',
    500: '#896bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bc8;
$custom-light: #ae96d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BC8

secondary

#CED9B6

accent

#B92C8C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FA

border

#CFCCD3

text

#100D15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BC8

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

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