#896EE9#896EE9

#896EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.179 H 290.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896EE9
RGB	rgb(137, 110, 233)
HSL	hsl(253, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(253, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 52.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 39.23, -58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 70.79, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.0621 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.179 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5964, 22.3525, 79.7774)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896EE9 #CEE96E

analogous

#6E90E9 #896EE9 #C76EE9

triadic

#896EE9 #E9896E #6EE989

tetradic

#896EE9 #E96E90 #CEE96E #6EE9C7

square

#896EE9 #E96E90 #CEE96E #6EE9C7

split-complementary

#896EE9 #E9C76E #90E96E

monochromatic

#411DC0 #5E39E1 #896EE9 #B4A3F1 #DFD8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#896EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#896EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896EE9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896EE9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3584ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E88A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 110, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.179 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b098f1',
    500: '#896ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896ee9;
$custom-light: #b098f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.171,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.17855,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896EE9

secondary

#E4EDC6

accent

#D610AA

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #896EE9

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

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