#896EE8#896EE8

#896EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.177 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EE8
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 232)
HSL	hsl(253, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 52.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 38.95, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 70.25, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.0621 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.177 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4539, 22.2955, 79.0272)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EE8 #CDE86E

analogous

#6E90E8 #896EE8 #C66EE8

triadic

#896EE8 #E8896E #6EE889

tetradic

#896EE8 #E86E90 #CDE86E #6EE8C6

square

#896EE8 #E86E90 #CDE86E #6EE8C6

split-complementary

#896EE8 #E8C66E #90E86E

monochromatic

#411EBE #5E39E0 #896EE8 #B4A3F0 #DFD8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#896EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#896EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EE8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EE8	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3684EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F88A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.177 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b098f0',
    500: '#896ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ee8;
$custom-light: #b098f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62237,
    "c": 0.17727,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EE8

secondary

#E4ECC6

accent

#D511A9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EE8

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

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