#896BCB#896BCB

#896BCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.144 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BCB
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 203)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(259, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 47.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 32.92, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 56.40, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% 0.0635 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.144 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3510, 20.1452, 58.9884)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BCB #ADCB6B

analogous

#6B7DCB #896BCB #B96BCB

triadic

#896BCB #CB896B #6BCB89

tetradic

#896BCB #CB6B7D #ADCB6B #6BCBB9

square

#896BCB #CB6B7D #ADCB6B #6BCBB9

split-complementary

#896BCB #CBB96B #7DCB6B

monochromatic

#4D318B #6641B8 #896BCB #AD98DB #D1C6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#896BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#896BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BCB

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BCB	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.144 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96db',
    500: '#896bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bcb;
$custom-light: #ae96db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5996,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BCB

secondary

#D0DBB7

accent

#BB2A8E

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BCB

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

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