#897EA0#897EA0

#897EA0 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.052 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897EA0
RGB	rgb(137, 126, 160)
HSL	hsl(259, 15%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 11.20, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 20.05, 303.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.0258 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.052 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1213, 22.7781, 36.3767)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897EA0 #95A07E

analogous

#7E84A0 #897EA0 #9A7EA0

triadic

#897EA0 #A0897E #7EA089

tetradic

#897EA0 #A07E84 #95A07E #7EA09A

square

#897EA0 #A07E84 #95A07E #7EA09A

split-complementary

#897EA0 #A09A7E #84A07E

monochromatic

#4D455E #6A5F81 #897EA0 #A9A1BA #C9C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#897EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#897EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897EA0

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897EA0	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7783A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 126, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.052 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba3bc',
    500: '#897ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897ea0;
$custom-light: #aba3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 15.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61498,
    "c": 0.05211,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897EA0

secondary

#BFC4B6

accent

#B870A1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #897EA0

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

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