#896DA5#896DA5

#896DA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.089 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DA5
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 165)
HSL	hsl(270, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 33.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 22.34, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 34.26, 310.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.0534 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.089 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5754, 18.9724, 38.0628)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DA5 #89A56D

analogous

#6D6DA5 #896DA5 #A56DA5

triadic

#896DA5 #A5896D #6DA589

tetradic

#896DA5 #A56D6D #89A56D #6DA5A5

square

#896DA5 #A56D6D #89A56D #6DA5A5

split-complementary

#896DA5 #A5A56D #6DA56D

monochromatic

#4C3A5E #6A5184 #896DA5 #A893BC #C6B9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#896DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#896DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DA5

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DA5	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6278A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6879A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.089 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97c0',
    500: '#896da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896da5;
$custom-light: #ac97c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 23.729,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58344,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DA5

secondary

#B7C3AB

accent

#C06894

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DA5

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

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