#897EA2#897EA2

#897EA2 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.055 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897EA2
RGB	rgb(137, 126, 162)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 11.66, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 21.18, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.0265 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.055 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2976, 22.8486, 37.3056)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897EA2 #97A27E

analogous

#7E85A2 #897EA2 #9B7EA2

triadic

#897EA2 #A2897E #7EA289

tetradic

#897EA2 #A27E85 #97A27E #7EA29B

square

#897EA2 #A27E85 #97A27E #7EA29B

split-complementary

#897EA2 #A29B7E #85A27E

monochromatic

#4E4560 #6A5F84 #897EA2 #AAA2BC #CAC5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#897EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#897EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897EA2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897EA2	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7783A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85838A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 126, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.055 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba3bd',
    500: '#897ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897ea2;
$custom-light: #aba3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.333,
    "s": 16.216,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61579,
    "c": 0.055,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897EA2

secondary

#C1C5B7

accent

#B96FA2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F6

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #897EA2

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

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