#896EA4#896EA4

#896EA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.086 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EA4
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(270, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 21.52, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 33.03, 310.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0516 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.086 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5920, 19.1507, 37.6210)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EA4 #89A46E

analogous

#6E6EA4 #896EA4 #A46EA4

triadic

#896EA4 #A4896E #6EA489

tetradic

#896EA4 #A46E6E #89A46E #6EA4A4

square

#896EA4 #A46E6E #89A46E #6EA4A4

split-complementary

#896EA4 #A4A46E #6EA46E

monochromatic

#4C3A5D #6A5283 #896EA4 #A894BC #C6B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#896EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#896EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EA4

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EA4	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6478A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.086 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98bf',
    500: '#896ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ea4;
$custom-light: #ac98bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 22.881,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58489,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EA4

secondary

#B7C2AB

accent

#BF6894

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EA4

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

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