#896EA5#896EA5

#896EA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.087 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EA5
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 165)
HSL	hsl(269, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 33%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 33.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.91, 21.75, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.91, 33.58, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.0519 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.087 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6827, 19.1870, 38.0985)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EA5 #8AA56E

analogous

#6E6FA5 #896EA5 #A56EA5

triadic

#896EA5 #A5896E #6EA589

tetradic

#896EA5 #A56E6F #8AA56E #6EA5A5

square

#896EA5 #A56E6F #8AA56E #6EA5A5

split-complementary

#896EA5 #A5A56E #6FA56E

monochromatic

#4C3A5E #6A5284 #896EA5 #A894BC #C6BAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#896EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#896EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EA5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EA5	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6378A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.087 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98c0',
    500: '#896ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ea5;
$custom-light: #ac98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.455,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58535,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EA5

secondary

#B8C3AC

accent

#C06895

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EA5

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

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