#856AE4#856AE4

#856AE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.178 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856AE4
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 228)
HSL	hsl(253, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(253, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 53.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 39.23, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 70.56, 303.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0617 -0.1667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.178 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8266, 20.8951, 75.8981)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856AE4 #C9E46A

analogous

#6A8CE4 #856AE4 #C26AE4

triadic

#856AE4 #E4856A #6AE485

tetradic

#856AE4 #E46A8C #C9E46A #6AE4C2

square

#856AE4 #E46A8C #C9E46A #6AE4C2

split-complementary

#856AE4 #E4C26A #8CE46A

monochromatic

#4120B3 #5B36DB #856AE4 #AF9EED #DAD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#856AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#856AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856AE4

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856AE4	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.178 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae95ed',
    500: '#856ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ae4;
$custom-light: #ae95ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856AE4

secondary

#E0E9C0

accent

#D114A7

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856AE4

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

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