#896CD5#896CD5

#896CD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.155 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CD5
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(257, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 34.97, -50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 61.22, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0632 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.155 294)
XYZ	xyz(27.6862, 20.8470, 65.5031)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CD5 #B8D56C

analogous

#6C83D5 #896CD5 #BD6CD5

triadic

#896CD5 #D5896C #6CD589

tetradic

#896CD5 #D56C83 #B8D56C #6CD5BD

square

#896CD5 #D56C83 #B8D56C #6CD5BD

split-complementary

#896CD5 #D5BD6C #83D56C

monochromatic

#4B2C9A #633CC7 #896CD5 #AF9CE3 #D5CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#896CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#896CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CD5

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CD5	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.155 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96e2',
    500: '#896cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896cd5;
$custom-light: #af96e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60722,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.20848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CD5

secondary

#D7E1BB

accent

#C32297

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CD5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →