#897CC5#897CC5

#897CC5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.109 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897CC5
RGB	rgb(137, 124, 197)
HSL	hsl(251, 39%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(251, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 21.40, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 42.14, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0391 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.109 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5997, 23.7644, 55.9454)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897CC5 #B8C57C

analogous

#7C93C5 #897CC5 #AD7CC5

triadic

#897CC5 #C5897C #7CC589

tetradic

#897CC5 #C57C93 #B8C57C #7CC5AD

square

#897CC5 #C57C93 #B8C57C #7CC5AD

split-complementary

#897CC5 #C5AD7C #93C57C

monochromatic

#4B3D8A #6352B2 #897CC5 #AFA6D8 #D5D1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#897CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#897CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897CC5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897CC5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6787C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6884C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 124, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.109 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2d7',
    500: '#897cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897cc5;
$custom-light: #ada2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.685,
    "s": 38.624,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62776,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897CC5

secondary

#D7DCC1

accent

#B2349B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FA

border

#CECCD3

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #897CC5

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

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