#896CD6#896CD6

#896CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.157 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CD6
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(256, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(256, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 35.24, -50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 61.76, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0633 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.157 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8135, 20.8980, 66.1736)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CD6 #B9D66C

analogous

#6C84D6 #896CD6 #BE6CD6

triadic

#896CD6 #D6896C #6CD689

tetradic

#896CD6 #D66C84 #B9D66C #6CD6BE

square

#896CD6 #D66C84 #B9D66C #6CD6BE

split-complementary

#896CD6 #D6BE6C #84D66C

monochromatic

#4A2C9C #633CC9 #896CD6 #AF9CE3 #D6CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#896CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#896CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CD6

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CD6	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.157 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96e3',
    500: '#896cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896cd6;
$custom-light: #af96e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.415,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60782,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CD6

secondary

#D7E2BC

accent

#C42298

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D15

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CD6

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

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