#896DAD#896DAD

#896DAD is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.100 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DAD
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 173)
HSL	hsl(266, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(266, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 37%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 24.23, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 38.63, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.0554 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.1 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3264, 19.2728, 42.0182)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DAD #91AD6D

analogous

#6D71AD #896DAD #A96DAD

triadic

#896DAD #AD896D #6DAD89

tetradic

#896DAD #AD6D71 #91AD6D #6DADA9

square

#896DAD #AD6D71 #91AD6D #6DADA9

split-complementary

#896DAD #ADA96D #71AD6D

monochromatic

#4D3966 #6B4F8D #896DAD #A994C3 #C8BBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#896DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#896DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DAD

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DAD	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F79AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6479AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#837785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.100 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97c5',
    500: '#896dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896dad;
$custom-light: #ac97c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58725,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DAD

secondary

#BDC8AE

accent

#C4639A

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DAD

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

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