#896E8D#896E8D

#896E8D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.057 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896E8D
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(292, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(292, 22%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 16.47, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 20.93, 321.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.0446 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.057 322)
XYZ	xyz(20.6996, 18.3937, 27.6541)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896E8D #728D6E

analogous

#7A6E8D #896E8D #8D6E82

triadic

#896E8D #8D896E #6E8D89

tetradic

#896E8D #8D7A6E #728D6E #6E828D

square

#896E8D #8D7A6E #728D6E #6E828D

split-complementary

#896E8D #828D6E #6E8D7A

monochromatic

#463848 #68536B #896E8D #A590A8 #C1B2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#896E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#896E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896E8D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896E8D	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B758E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.057 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab97ae',
    500: '#896e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896e8d;
$custom-light: #ab97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.258,
    "s": 12.351,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5751,
    "c": 0.05654,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.18393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896E8D

secondary

#A6B3A4

accent

#B5737B

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896E8D

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

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