#896F8F#896F8F

#896F8F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.057 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#896F8F
RGB	rgb(137, 111, 143)
HSL	hsl(289, 13%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(289, 22%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 16.30, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 21.22, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.0436 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.057 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9582, 18.6708, 28.4810)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#896F8F #758F6F

analogous

#796F8F #896F8F #8F6F85

triadic

#896F8F #8F896F #6F8F89

tetradic

#896F8F #8F796F #758F6F #6F858F

square

#896F8F #8F796F #758F6F #6F858F

split-complementary

#896F8F #858F6F #6F8F79

monochromatic

#473A4A #68546D #896F8F #A591AA #C1B4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#896F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#896F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #896F8F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##896F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##896F8F	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A727A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #896f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 111, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.057 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab98af',
    500: '#896f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #896f8f;
$custom-light: #ab98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#896f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 12.598,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57787,
    "c": 0.05701,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#896F8F

secondary

#A8B4A6

accent

#B5727F

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100D10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #896F8F

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

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