#896EE3#896EE3

#896EE3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.171 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EE3
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 227)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(254, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 51.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 37.59, -56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 67.55, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0618 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.171 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7538, 22.0154, 75.3399)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EE3 #C8E36E

analogous

#6E8DE3 #896EE3 #C36EE3

triadic

#896EE3 #E3896E #6EE389

tetradic

#896EE3 #E36E8D #C8E36E #6EE3C3

square

#896EE3 #E36E8D #C8E36E #6EE3C3

split-complementary

#896EE3 #E3C36E #8DE36E

monochromatic

#4423B4 #5F3BD9 #896EE3 #B3A1ED #DCD5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#896EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#896EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EE3

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EE3	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C83E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.171 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b098ec',
    500: '#896ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ee3;
$custom-light: #b098ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 67.63,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61922,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EE3

secondary

#E1EAC3

accent

#D016A5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EE3

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

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