#896E8E#896E8E

#896E8E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.058 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896E8E
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(291, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(291, 23%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 16.68, -13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 21.43, 321.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0449 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.058 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7743, 18.4236, 28.0477)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896E8E #738E6E

analogous

#796E8E #896E8E #8E6E83

triadic

#896E8E #8E896E #6E8E89

tetradic

#896E8E #8E796E #738E6E #6E838E

square

#896E8E #8E796E #738E6E #6E838E

split-complementary

#896E8E #838E6E #6E8E79

monochromatic

#463949 #68536C #896E8E #A590A9 #C1B3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#896E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#896E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896E8E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896E8E	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#6B758F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.058 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab97af',
    500: '#896e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896e8e;
$custom-light: #ab97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.625,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57549,
    "c": 0.05773,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896E8E

secondary

#A7B3A5

accent

#B6727D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896E8E

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

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