#897FA2#897FA2

#897FA2 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.053 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897FA2
RGB	rgb(137, 127, 162)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(257, 22%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 21.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 11.07, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 20.52, 302.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0249 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.053 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4261, 23.1056, 37.3484)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897FA2 #98A27F

analogous

#7F87A2 #897FA2 #9B7FA2

triadic

#897FA2 #A2897F #7FA289

tetradic

#897FA2 #A27F87 #98A27F #7FA29B

square

#897FA2 #A27F87 #98A27F #7FA29B

split-complementary

#897FA2 #A29B7F #87A27F

monochromatic

#4E4660 #6A6084 #897FA2 #AAA2BC #CAC6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#897FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#897FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897FA2

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897FA2	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7884A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7984A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 127, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.053 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba4bd',
    500: '#897fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897fa2;
$custom-light: #aba4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 15.837,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61784,
    "c": 0.05329,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897FA2

secondary

#C1C6B7

accent

#B96FA4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #897FA2

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

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