#896DCD#896DCD

#896DCD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.143 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DCD
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(258, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 32.28, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 56.21, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.061 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.143 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8018, 20.6630, 60.3221)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DCD #B1CD6D

analogous

#6D81CD #896DCD #B96DCD

triadic

#896DCD #CD896D #6DCD89

tetradic

#896DCD #CD6D81 #B1CD6D #6DCDB9

square

#896DCD #CD6D81 #B1CD6D #6DCDB9

split-complementary

#896DCD #CDB96D #81CD6D

monochromatic

#4C318F #6540BC #896DCD #AE9BDD #D3C8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#896DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#896DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DCD

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DCD	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.143 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97dd',
    500: '#896dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896dcd;
$custom-light: #ae97dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60428,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DCD

secondary

#D2DDB9

accent

#BC2991

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DCD

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

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