#896BC9#896BC9

#896BC9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.141 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BC9
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 201)
HSL	hsl(259, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(259, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 46.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 32.40, -44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 55.31, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0632 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.141 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1142, 20.0505, 57.7413)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BC9 #ABC96B

analogous

#6B7CC9 #896BC9 #B86BC9

triadic

#896BC9 #C9896B #6BC989

tetradic

#896BC9 #C96B7C #ABC96B #6BC9B8

square

#896BC9 #C96B7C #ABC96B #6BC9B8

split-complementary

#896BC9 #C9B86B #7CC96B

monochromatic

#4D3288 #6742B5 #896BC9 #AD98D9 #D1C5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#896BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#896BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BC9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BC9	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.141 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96da',
    500: '#896bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bc9;
$custom-light: #ae96da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59845,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BC9

secondary

#CEDAB6

accent

#BA2C8C

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BC9

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

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