#896CAA#896CAA

#896CAA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CAA
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 170)
HSL	hsl(268, 27%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 36%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 36.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 24.10, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 37.66, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.0561 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.098 305)
XYZ	xyz(22.9333, 18.9459, 40.4712)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CAA #8DAA6C

analogous

#6C6EAA #896CAA #A86CAA

triadic

#896CAA #AA896C #6CAA89

tetradic

#896CAA #AA6C6E #8DAA6C #6CAAA8

square

#896CAA #AA6C6E #8DAA6C #6CAAA8

split-complementary

#896CAA #AAA86C #6EAA6C

monochromatic

#4C3963 #6B4F89 #896CAA #A893C0 #C7BAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#896CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#896CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CAA

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CAA	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F78AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6579A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#847583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96c3',
    500: '#896caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896caa;
$custom-light: #ac96c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.065,
    "s": 26.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58392,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CAA

secondary

#BAC6AC

accent

#C36597

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CAA

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

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