#896DE3#896DE3

#896DE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.172 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896DE3
RGB	rgb(137, 109, 227)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 52%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 38.16, -56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 68.18, 304.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.063 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.172 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6465, 21.8009, 75.3041)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896DE3 #C7E36D

analogous

#6D8CE3 #896DE3 #C46DE3

triadic

#896DE3 #E3896D #6DE389

tetradic

#896DE3 #E36D8C #C7E36D #6DE3C4

square

#896DE3 #E36D8C #C7E36D #6DE3C4

split-complementary

#896DE3 #E3C46D #8CE36D

monochromatic

#4522B3 #5F3AD9 #896DE3 #B3A0ED #DCD4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#896DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#896DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896DE3

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896DE3	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7EE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 109, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.172 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b097ec',
    500: '#896de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896de3;
$custom-light: #b097ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61752,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896DE3

secondary

#E0E9C2

accent

#D016A4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896DE3

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

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