#896CA6#896CA6

#896CA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.092 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CA6
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 166)
HSL	hsl(270, 25%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 35%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 23.16, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 35.48, 310.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% 0.0552 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.092 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5607, 18.7968, 38.5086)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CA6 #89A66C

analogous

#6C6CA6 #896CA6 #A66CA6

triadic

#896CA6 #A6896C #6CA689

tetradic

#896CA6 #A66C6C #89A66C #6CA6A6

square

#896CA6 #A66C6C #89A66C #6CA6A6

split-complementary

#896CA6 #A6A66C #6CA66C

monochromatic

#4C395E #6A5085 #896CA6 #A892BD #C6B8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#896CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#896CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CA6

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CA6	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6077A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6678A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.092 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96c0',
    500: '#896ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ca6;
$custom-light: #ac96c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 24.576,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58201,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CA6

secondary

#B7C3AA

accent

#C16794

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CA6

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

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