#896CA8#896CA8

#896CA8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.095 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CA8
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 168)
HSL	hsl(269, 26%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 36%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 23.63, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 36.57, 310.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0557 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.095 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7456, 18.8708, 39.4823)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CA8 #8BA86C

analogous

#6C6DA8 #896CA8 #A76CA8

triadic

#896CA8 #A8896C #6CA889

tetradic

#896CA8 #A86C6D #8BA86C #6CA8A7

square

#896CA8 #A86C6D #8BA86C #6CA8A7

split-complementary

#896CA8 #A8A76C #6DA86C

monochromatic

#4C3960 #6A5087 #896CA8 #A892BF #C7B9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#896CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#896CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CA8

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CA8	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6077AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6678A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.095 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96c2',
    500: '#896ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ca8;
$custom-light: #ac96c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 25.641,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58296,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CA8

secondary

#B8C5AB

accent

#C26695

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CA8

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

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