#896E8A#896E8A

#896E8A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.053 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896E8A
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(298, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 15.85, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 19.47, 324.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.0435 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.053 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4794, 18.3056, 26.4943)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896E8A #6F8A6E

analogous

#7B6E8A #896E8A #8A6E7D

triadic

#896E8A #8A896E #6E8A89

tetradic

#896E8A #8A7B6E #6F8A6E #6E7D8A

square

#896E8A #8A7B6E #6F8A6E #6E7D8A

split-complementary

#896E8A #7D8A6E #6E8A7B

monochromatic

#453846 #675368 #896E8A #A58FA6 #C1B1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#896E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#896E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896E8A

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896E8A	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.053 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab97ac',
    500: '#896e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896e8a;
$custom-light: #ab97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57394,
    "c": 0.05305,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896E8A

secondary

#A4B1A3

accent

#B47476

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896E8A

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

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