#896CA4#896CA4

#896CA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.090 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CA4
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 164)
HSL	hsl(271, 24%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(271, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 22.70, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 34.39, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.0547 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.09 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3787, 18.7240, 37.5499)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CA4 #87A46C

analogous

#6D6CA4 #896CA4 #A46CA3

triadic

#896CA4 #A4896C #6CA489

tetradic

#896CA4 #A46D6C #87A46C #6CA3A4

square

#896CA4 #A46D6C #87A46C #6CA3A4

split-complementary

#896CA4 #A3A46C #6CA46D

monochromatic

#4B395C #6A5182 #896CA4 #A792BB #C6B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#896CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#896CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CA4

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CA4	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)

#6177A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.090 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96bf',
    500: '#896ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ca4;
$custom-light: #ac96bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.071,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58107,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CA4

secondary

#B5C2AA

accent

#C06892

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CA4

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

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