#896bc7

Color #896bc7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Purple #9370db · ΔE 8.55 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#896bc7

RGB

rgb(137, 107, 199)

HSL

hsl(259.6, 45.1%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(259.6, 46.2%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.2%, 46.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(51.79, 31.89, -43.85)

LCH

lch(51.79, 54.22, 306.03)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.1384, 297.08)

HWB

hwb(259.6, 42%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9c76b

Analogous

#6b7bc7

#896bc7

#b76bc7

Triadic

#896bc7

#c7896b

#6bc789

Split-complementary

#896bc7

#c7b76b

#7bc76b

Tetradic

#896bc7

#c76ba9

#a9c76b

#6bc789

Square

#896bc7

#c76b7b

#a9c76b

#6bc7b7

Shades

Color #896bc7 mixed toward black.

#6c46b9

#563894

#412a6f

#2b1c4a

#160e25

Tints

Color #896bc7 mixed toward white.

#9d84d0

#b09cda

#c4b5e3

#d8ceec

#ebe6f6

Tones

Color #896bc7 mixed toward gray.

#8c73bf

#8e7ab8

#9182b0

#948aa8

#9691a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7db6 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#7f81b2 · ΔE 10

Tritanopia

#88a7a4 · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #896bc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#896bc7]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#896bc7 (#896bc7) is rgb(137, 107, 199) in RGB.

No, #896bc7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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