#896CD9#896CD9

#896CD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.161 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CD9
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(256, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 36.04, -52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 63.39, 304.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0636 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.161 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2002, 21.0526, 68.2100)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CD9 #BCD96C

analogous

#6C85D9 #896CD9 #BF6CD9

triadic

#896CD9 #D9896C #6CD989

tetradic

#896CD9 #D96C85 #BCD96C #6CD9BF

square

#896CD9 #D96C85 #BCD96C #6CD9BF

split-complementary

#896CD9 #D9BF6C #85D96C

monochromatic

#492AA1 #623BCC #896CD9 #B09DE6 #D7CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#896CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#896CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CD9

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CD9	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4280DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.161 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96e5',
    500: '#896cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896cd9;
$custom-light: #af96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.963,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60963,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CD9

secondary

#D9E4BD

accent

#C71F9A

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CD9

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

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