#896DCB#896DCB

#896DCB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.141 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DCB
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(258, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 31.76, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 55.12, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.0608 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.141 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5620, 20.5670, 59.0587)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DCB #AFCB6D

analogous

#6D80CB #896DCB #B86DCB

triadic

#896DCB #CB896D #6DCB89

tetradic

#896DCB #CB6D80 #AFCB6D #6DCBB8

square

#896DCB #CB6D80 #AFCB6D #6DCBB8

split-complementary

#896DCB #CBB86D #80CB6D

monochromatic

#4D328C #6542B9 #896DCB #AD9ADB #D2C7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#896DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#896DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DCB

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DCB	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.141 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97db',
    500: '#896dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896dcb;
$custom-light: #ae97db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60314,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DCB

secondary

#D1DCB8

accent

#BB2B90

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DCB

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

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