#896EA6#896EA6

#896EA6 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.089 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EA6
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 166)
HSL	hsl(269, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 33.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 21.99, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 34.12, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.0521 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.089 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7740, 19.2235, 38.5797)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EA6 #8BA66E

analogous

#6E6FA6 #896EA6 #A56EA6

triadic

#896EA6 #A6896E #6EA689

tetradic

#896EA6 #A66E6F #8BA66E #6EA6A5

square

#896EA6 #A66E6F #8BA66E #6EA6A5

split-complementary

#896EA6 #A6A56E #6FA66E

monochromatic

#4C3A5F #6A5285 #896EA6 #A894BD #C7BAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#896EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#896EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EA6

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EA6	1.00	4.33	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.33	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)

#6378A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.089 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98c0',
    500: '#896ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ea6;
$custom-light: #ac98c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.929,
    "s": 23.932,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EA6

secondary

#B8C4AC

accent

#C06795

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EA6

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

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