#896D8A#896D8A

#896D8A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.055 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896D8A
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(298, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 21%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 16.44, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 20.17, 324.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% 0.0451 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.055 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3721, 18.0911, 26.4586)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896D8A #6E8A6D

analogous

#7A6D8A #896D8A #8A6D7C

triadic

#896D8A #8A896D #6D8A89

tetradic

#896D8A #8A7A6D #6E8A6D #6D7C8A

square

#896D8A #8A7A6D #6E8A6D #6D7C8A

split-complementary

#896D8A #7C8A6D #6D8A7A

monochromatic

#453746 #675268 #896D8A #A58EA6 #C0B0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#896D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#896D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896D8A

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896D8A	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B748B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.055 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab97ac',
    500: '#896d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896d8a;
$custom-light: #ab97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 11.741,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57195,
    "c": 0.05499,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896D8A

secondary

#A3B0A2

accent

#B57375

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896D8A

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

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