#896CA3#896CA3

#896CA3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.088 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CA3
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 163)
HSL	hsl(272, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 33.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 22.47, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 33.85, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0544 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.088 308)
XYZ	xyz(22.2887, 18.6880, 37.0762)
Luminance	0.1869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CA3 #86A36C

analogous

#6D6CA3 #896CA3 #A36CA2

triadic

#896CA3 #A3896C #6CA389

tetradic

#896CA3 #A36D6C #86A36C #6CA2A3

square

#896CA3 #A36D6C #86A36C #6CA2A3

split-complementary

#896CA3 #A2A36C #6CA36D

monochromatic

#4B395B #6A5181 #896CA3 #A792BB #C5B7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#896CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#896CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CA3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CA3	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6277A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6878A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#867480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.088 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96be',
    500: '#896ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ca3;
$custom-light: #ac96be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 23.013,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58061,
    "c": 0.0884,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.18688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CA3

secondary

#B5C1AA

accent

#C06892

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CA3

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

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