#896CB5#896CB5

#896CB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.113 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CB5
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 181)
HSL	hsl(264, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(264, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 26.76, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 43.69, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% 0.0586 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.113 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0177, 19.3796, 46.1824)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CB5 #98B56C

analogous

#6C74B5 #896CB5 #AE6CB5

triadic

#896CB5 #B5896C #6CB589

tetradic

#896CB5 #B56C74 #98B56C #6CB5AE

square

#896CB5 #B56C74 #98B56C #6CB5AE

split-complementary

#896CB5 #B5AE6C #74B56C

monochromatic

#4E386F #6A4C98 #896CB5 #AA95C9 #CABDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#896CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#896CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CB5

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CB5	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A79B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.113 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96cb',
    500: '#896cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896cb5;
$custom-light: #ad96cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.836,
    "s": 33.032,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5894,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CB5

secondary

#C1CDAF

accent

#C95F9F

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CB5

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

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