#896af6

Color #896af6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 4.65 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#896af6

RGB

rgb(137, 106, 246)

HSL

hsl(253.3, 88.6%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.3, 56.9%, 96.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.3%, 56.9%, 0%, 3.5%)

LAB

lab(54.32, 45.09, -66.3)

LCH

lch(54.32, 80.18, 304.22)

OKLCH

oklch(62.5%, 0.2006, 289.51)

HWB

hwb(253.3, 41.6%, 3.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7f66a

Analogous

#6a91f6

#896af6

#cf6af6

Triadic

#896af6

#f6896a

#6af689

Split-complementary

#896af6

#f6cf6a

#91f66a

Tetradic

#896af6

#f66ad7

#d7f66a

#6af689

Square

#896af6

#f66a91

#d7f66a

#6af6cf

Shades

Color #896af6 mixed toward black.

#5d33f3

#3b0ddd

#2d0aa6

#1e076f

#0f0337

Tints

Color #896af6 mixed toward white.

#9d83f7

#b09cf9

#c4b4fa

#d8cdfc

#ebe6fd

Tones

Color #896af6 mixed toward gray.

#8f76ea

#9681df

#9c8dd3

#a399c7

#a9a4bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.85:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.46:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7cde · ΔE 7

Deuteranopia

#7e81d8 · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#88c9c4 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 28.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #896af6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896af6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#896af6 (#896af6) is rgb(137, 106, 246) in RGB.

No, #896af6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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