#856AED#856AED

#856AED is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.189 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856AED
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 237)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 55.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, 41.73, -62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 75.40, 303.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.062 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.189 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1086, 21.4079, 82.6501)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856AED #D2ED6A

analogous

#6A91ED #856AED #C66AED

triadic

#856AED #ED856A #6AED85

tetradic

#856AED #ED6A91 #D2ED6A #6AEDC6

square

#856AED #ED6A91 #D2ED6A #6AEDC6

split-complementary

#856AED #EDC66A #91ED6A

monochromatic

#3B18C5 #5833E6 #856AED #B2A1F4 #DED7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#856AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#856AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856AED

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856AED	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F82F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#237CEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6687A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.189 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af95f4',
    500: '#856aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856aed;
$custom-light: #af95f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.366,
    "s": 78.443,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.18933,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856AED

secondary

#E6EEC5

accent

#DB0BB0

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856AED

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

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