#896CA5#896CA5

#896CA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.091 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CA5
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 165)
HSL	hsl(271, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 35%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 34.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 22.93, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 34.93, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% 0.0549 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.091 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4693, 18.7603, 38.0274)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CA5 #88A56C

analogous

#6C6CA5 #896CA5 #A56CA4

triadic

#896CA5 #A5896C #6CA589

tetradic

#896CA5 #A56C6C #88A56C #6CA4A5

square

#896CA5 #A56C6C #88A56C #6CA4A5

split-complementary

#896CA5 #A4A56C #6CA56C

monochromatic

#4C395D #6A5083 #896CA5 #A792BC #C6B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#896CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#896CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CA5

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CA5	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6177A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6778A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.091 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96c0',
    500: '#896ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ca5;
$custom-light: #ac96c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 24.051,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58154,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CA5

secondary

#B6C3AA

accent

#C16793

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CA5

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

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