#896C8A#896C8A

#896C8A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.057 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896C8A
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(298, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 17.03, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 20.88, 324.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.0468 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.057 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2660, 17.8789, 26.4232)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896C8A #6D8A6C

analogous

#7A6C8A #896C8A #8A6C7C

triadic

#896C8A #8A896C #6C8A89

tetradic

#896C8A #8A7A6C #6D8A6C #6C7C8A

square

#896C8A #8A7A6C #6D8A6C #6C7C8A

split-complementary

#896C8A #7C8A6C #6C8A7A

monochromatic

#453645 #675168 #896C8A #A58DA6 #C0B0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#896C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#896C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #896C8A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##896C8A	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A738B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.057 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab96ac',
    500: '#896c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896c8a;
$custom-light: #ab96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56997,
    "c": 0.05694,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896C8A

secondary

#A2B0A2

accent

#B57375

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896C8A

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