#897EA4#897EA4

#897EA4 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.058 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897EA4
RGB	rgb(137, 126, 164)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(257, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 12.12, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 22.30, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% 0.0271 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.058 298)
XYZ	xyz(24.4768, 22.9203, 38.2493)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897EA4 #99A47E

analogous

#7E86A4 #897EA4 #9C7EA4

triadic

#897EA4 #A4897E #7EA489

tetradic

#897EA4 #A47E86 #99A47E #7EA49C

square

#897EA4 #A47E86 #99A47E #7EA49C

split-complementary

#897EA4 #A49C7E #86A47E

monochromatic

#4E4562 #6A5F86 #897EA4 #AAA2BD #CBC6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#897EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#897EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897EA4

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897EA4	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7883A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 126, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.058 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba3bf',
    500: '#897ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897ea4;
$custom-light: #aba3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 17.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61661,
    "c": 0.05788,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.2292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897EA4

secondary

#C2C7B7

accent

#BA6EA4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F3F7

border

#CECDD0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #897EA4

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

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