#896ECD#896ECD

#896ECD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.142 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896ECD
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(257, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 46.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 31.70, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 55.57, 304.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.0597 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.142 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9091, 20.8776, 60.3578)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896ECD #B2CD6E

analogous

#6E83CD #896ECD #B96ECD

triadic

#896ECD #CD896E #6ECD89

tetradic

#896ECD #CD6E83 #B2CD6E #6ECDB9

square

#896ECD #CD6E83 #B2CD6E #6ECDB9

split-complementary

#896ECD #CDB96E #83CD6E

monochromatic

#4C318F #6441BD #896ECD #AE9CDD #D3C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#896ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#896ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896ECD

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896ECD	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#537DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.142 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98dd',
    500: '#896ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ecd;
$custom-light: #ae98dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.053,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60606,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896ECD

secondary

#D3DDBA

accent

#BC2992

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#110D15

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #896ECD

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

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