#897BB2#897BB2

#897BB2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.083 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897BB2
RGB	rgb(137, 123, 178)
HSL	hsl(255, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(255, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 30.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 17.20, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 32.13, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.0359 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.083 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4335, 22.6984, 45.1521)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897BB2 #A4B27B

analogous

#7B89B2 #897BB2 #A57BB2

triadic

#897BB2 #B2897B #7BB289

tetradic

#897BB2 #B27B89 #A4B27B #7BB2A5

square

#897BB2 #B27B89 #A4B27B #7BB2A5

split-complementary

#897BB2 #B2A57B #89B27B

monochromatic

#4E4271 #685897 #897BB2 #ACA2C9 #CEC8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#897BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#897BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897BB2

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897BB2	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E83B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81848F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 123, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.083 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca1c9',
    500: '#897bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897bb2;
$custom-light: #aca1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61666,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897BB2

secondary

#CACFBA

accent

#C365AB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100F13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #897BB2

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

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