#897BBD#897BBD

#897BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897BBD
RGB	rgb(137, 123, 189)
HSL	hsl(253, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(253, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 19.94, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 38.31, 301.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0387 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.099 293)
XYZ	xyz(26.5826, 23.1580, 51.2037)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897BBD #AFBD7B

analogous

#7B8EBD #897BBD #AA7BBD

triadic

#897BBD #BD897B #7BBD89

tetradic

#897BBD #BD7B8E #AFBD7B #7BBDAA

square

#897BBD #BD7B8E #AFBD7B #7BBDAA

split-complementary

#897BBD #BDAA7B #8EBD7B

monochromatic

#4D3F7E #6554A7 #897BBD #ADA4D1 #D2CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#897BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#897BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897BBD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897BBD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6985C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 123, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada1d1',
    500: '#897bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897bbd;
$custom-light: #ada1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62186,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.23158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897BBD

secondary

#D1D6BE

accent

#AC3994

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #897BBD

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

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