#897DBE#897DBE

#897DBE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.097 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897DBE
RGB	rgb(137, 125, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 34.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 19.01, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 37.58, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0361 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.097 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9421, 23.7029, 51.8609)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897DBE #B2BE7D

analogous

#7D92BE #897DBE #AA7DBE

triadic

#897DBE #BE897D #7DBE89

tetradic

#897DBE #BE7D92 #B2BE7D #7DBEAA

square

#897DBE #BE7D92 #B2BE7D #7DBEAA

split-complementary

#897DBE #BEAA7D #92BE7D

monochromatic

#4C4080 #6455A9 #897DBE #AEA6D2 #D3CFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#897DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#897DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897DBE

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897DBE	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B87C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 125, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.097 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada2d2',
    500: '#897dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897dbe;
$custom-light: #ada2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62625,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897DBE

secondary

#D3D7BF

accent

#AC3997

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F9

border

#CECDD2

text

#100F14

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #897DBE

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

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