#896ce1

Color #896ce1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 6.19 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#896ce1

RGB

rgb(137, 108, 225)

HSL

hsl(254.9, 66.1%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.9, 52%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.1%, 52%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(53.47, 38.19, -55.93)

LCH

lch(53.47, 67.72, 304.33)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.1711, 292.01)

HWB

hwb(254.9, 42.4%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4e16c

Analogous

#6c89e1

#896ce1

#c46ce1

Triadic

#896ce1

#e1896c

#6ce189

Split-complementary

#896ce1

#e1c46c

#89e16c

Tetradic

#896ce1

#e16cc4

#c4e16c

#6ce189

Square

#896ce1

#e16c89

#c4e16c

#6ce1c4

Shades

Color #896ce1 mixed toward black.

#643ed8

#4a26b8

#381c8a

#25135c

#13092e

Tints

Color #896ce1 mixed toward white.

#9d85e6

#b09deb

#c4b6f0

#d8cef5

#ebe7fa

Tones

Color #896ce1 mixed toward gray.

#8e76d7

#9380ce

#9889c4

#9d93ba

#a29db0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7dcc · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#7f81c7 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#88bab6 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 26.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #896ce1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896ce1]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#896ce1 (#896ce1) is rgb(137, 108, 225) in RGB.

No, #896ce1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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