#896BD8#896BD8

#896BD8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.161 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BD8
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 216)
HSL	hsl(257, 58%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 50.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 36.35, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 63.48, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.0648 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.161 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9657, 20.7910, 67.4921)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BD8 #BAD86B

analogous

#6B83D8 #896BD8 #BF6BD8

triadic

#896BD8 #D8896B #6BD889

tetradic

#896BD8 #D86B83 #BAD86B #6BD8BF

square

#896BD8 #D86B83 #BAD86B #6BD8BF

split-complementary

#896BD8 #D8BF6B #83D86B

monochromatic

#4A2A9F #623BCB #896BD8 #B09BE5 #D6CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#896BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#896BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BD8

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BD8	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.161 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96e4',
    500: '#896bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896bd8;
$custom-light: #af96e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.514,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60731,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BD8

secondary

#D8E3BC

accent

#C62098

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BD8

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

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