#896DB5#896DB5

#896DB5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.111 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DB5
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 181)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(263, 40%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 26.17, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 43.02, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0571 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.111 301)
XYZ	xyz(24.1238, 19.5918, 46.2178)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DB5 #99B56D

analogous

#6D75B5 #896DB5 #AD6DB5

triadic

#896DB5 #B5896D #6DB589

tetradic

#896DB5 #B56D75 #99B56D #6DB5AD

square

#896DB5 #B56D75 #99B56D #6DB5AD

split-complementary

#896DB5 #B5AD6D #75B56D

monochromatic

#4E386F #6A4D98 #896DB5 #AA96CA #CBBEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#896DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#896DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DB5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DB5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#817988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.111 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97cb',
    500: '#896db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896db5;
$custom-light: #ad97cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 32.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59125,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.19592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DB5

secondary

#C2CEB0

accent

#C95FA0

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DB5

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

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