#896DBD#896DBD

#896DBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.122 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DBD
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(261, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 28.17, -38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 47.43, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0586 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.122 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9683, 19.9296, 50.6656)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DBD #A1BD6D

analogous

#6D79BD #896DBD #B16DBD

triadic

#896DBD #BD896D #6DBD89

tetradic

#896DBD #BD6D79 #A1BD6D #6DBDB1

square

#896DBD #BD6D79 #A1BD6D #6DBDB1

split-complementary

#896DBD #BDB16D #79BD6D

monochromatic

#4E3779 #694AA3 #896DBD #AB97D0 #CDC1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#896DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#896DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DBD

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DBD	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#577BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.122 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad97d1',
    500: '#896dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896dbd;
$custom-light: #ad97d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59542,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DBD

secondary

#C8D3B3

accent

#CE5AA5

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DBD

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

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