#896EA7#896EA7

#896EA7 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EA7
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 167)
HSL	hsl(268, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(268, 34%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 34.1%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 22.22, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 34.67, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0524 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.09 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8661, 19.2604, 39.0647)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EA7 #8CA76E

analogous

#6E70A7 #896EA7 #A66EA7

triadic

#896EA7 #A7896E #6EA789

tetradic

#896EA7 #A76E70 #8CA76E #6EA7A6

square

#896EA7 #A76E70 #8CA76E #6EA7A6

split-complementary

#896EA7 #A7A66E #70A76E

monochromatic

#4C3A60 #6B5286 #896EA7 #A894BE #C7BAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#896EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#896EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EA7

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EA7	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6279A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98c1',
    500: '#896ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ea7;
$custom-light: #ac98c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 24.464,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58628,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EA7

secondary

#B9C4AC

accent

#C16796

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EA7

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

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