#896CB3#896CB3

#896CB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.110 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CB3
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 179)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(265, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 39.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 26.27, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 42.59, 308.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.0581 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.11 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8140, 19.2981, 45.1094)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CB3 #96B36C

analogous

#6C73B3 #896CB3 #AD6CB3

triadic

#896CB3 #B3896C #6CB389

tetradic

#896CB3 #B36C73 #96B36C #6CB3AD

square

#896CB3 #B36C73 #96B36C #6CB3AD

split-complementary

#896CB3 #B3AD6C #73B36C

monochromatic

#4E386D #6A4D95 #896CB3 #A994C8 #CABDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#896CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#896CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CB3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CB3	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B79B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6079B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.110 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96ca',
    500: '#896cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896cb3;
$custom-light: #ad96ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 31.839,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58838,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CB3

secondary

#C0CCAF

accent

#C8609D

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CB3

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

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