#896CE3#896CE3

#896CE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.174 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896CE3
RGB	rgb(137, 108, 227)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 52.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 38.74, -56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 68.80, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0642 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.174 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5405, 21.5887, 75.2688)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896CE3 #C6E36C

analogous

#6C8AE3 #896CE3 #C46CE3

triadic

#896CE3 #E3896C #6CE389

tetradic

#896CE3 #E36C8A #C6E36C #6CE3C4

square

#896CE3 #E36C8A #C6E36C #6CE3C4

split-complementary

#896CE3 #E3C46C #8AE36C

monochromatic

#4522B3 #6039D9 #896CE3 #B29FED #DCD3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#896CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#896CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896CE3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896CE3	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3782E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C7EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 108, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.174 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097ec',
    500: '#896ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ce3;
$custom-light: #b097ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61583,
    "c": 0.17366,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896CE3

secondary

#E0E9C2

accent

#D016A3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896CE3

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

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