#897CC9#897CC9

#897CC9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897CC9
RGB	rgb(137, 124, 201)
HSL	hsl(250, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(250, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 38.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 22.44, -38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 44.38, 300.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.04 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.114 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0641, 23.9501, 58.3913)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897CC9 #BCC97C

analogous

#7C95C9 #897CC9 #AF7CC9

triadic

#897CC9 #C9897C #7CC989

tetradic

#897CC9 #C97C95 #BCC97C #7CC9AF

square

#897CC9 #C97C95 #BCC97C #7CC9AF

split-complementary

#897CC9 #C9AF7C #95C97C

monochromatic

#493B8F #6251B7 #897CC9 #B0A7DB #D7D3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#897CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#897CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897CC9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897CC9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6588CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 124, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2da',
    500: '#897cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897cc9;
$custom-light: #ada2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.13,
    "s": 41.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6298,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897CC9

secondary

#D9DEC3

accent

#B5319E

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FA

border

#CECCD3

text

#100F15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #897CC9

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

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