#896BE6#896BE6

#896BE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.179 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896BE6
RGB	rgb(137, 107, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 53.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 40.13, -58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 71.04, 304.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.0656 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.179 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8533, 21.5461, 77.4335)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896BE6 #C8E66B

analogous

#6B8AE6 #896BE6 #C66BE6

triadic

#896BE6 #E6896B #6BE689

tetradic

#896BE6 #E66B8A #C8E66B #6BE6C6

square

#896BE6 #E66B8A #C8E66B #6BE6C6

split-complementary

#896BE6 #E6C66B #8AE66B

monochromatic

#441FB8 #5F37DD #896BE6 #B39FEF #DCD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#896BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#896BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896BE6

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896BE6	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3182EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 107, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.179 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b096ef',
    500: '#896be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896be6;
$custom-light: #b096ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.634,
    "s": 71.098,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61607,
    "c": 0.17896,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896BE6

secondary

#E1EBC2

accent

#D312A4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896BE6

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

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