#896DB3#896DB3

#896DB3 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.108 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DB3
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 179)
HSL	hsl(264, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(264, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 39.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, 25.68, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 41.92, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.0567 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.108 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9201, 19.5103, 45.1448)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DB3 #97B36D

analogous

#6D74B3 #896DB3 #AC6DB3

triadic

#896DB3 #B3896D #6DB389

tetradic

#896DB3 #B36D74 #97B36D #6DB3AC

square

#896DB3 #B36D74 #97B36D #6DB3AC

split-complementary

#896DB3 #B3AC6D #74B36D

monochromatic

#4E396D #6A4E95 #896DB3 #AA95C8 #CABDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#896DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#896DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DB3

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DB3	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.108 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97ca',
    500: '#896db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896db3;
$custom-light: #ad97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59023,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DB3

secondary

#C1CCB0

accent

#C8609E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DB3

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

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