#896E99#896E99

#896E99 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.072 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896E99
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 153)
HSL	hsl(278, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(278, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 19.04, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 27.11, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0484 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.072 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6413, 18.7704, 32.6138)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896E99 #7E996E

analogous

#746E99 #896E99 #996E94

triadic

#896E99 #99896E #6E9989

tetradic

#896E99 #99746E #7E996E #6E9499

square

#896E99 #99746E #7E996E #6E9499

split-complementary

#896E99 #94996E #6E9974

monochromatic

#493A53 #695376 #896E99 #A692B2 #C3B6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#896E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#896E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896E99

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896E99	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67779B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88737D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.072 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97b7',
    500: '#896e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896e99;
$custom-light: #ac97b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58001,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896E99

secondary

#AFBBA8

accent

#BA6E8A

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F6

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D11

muted

#7F7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #896E99

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

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