#856AEE#856AEE

#856AEE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.191 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856AEE
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 42.01, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 75.94, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.062 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.191 289)
XYZ	xyz(30.2552, 21.4665, 83.4217)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856AEE #D3EE6A

analogous

#6A91EE #856AEE #C76AEE

triadic

#856AEE #EE856A #6AEE85

tetradic

#856AEE #EE6A91 #D3EE6A #6AEEC7

square

#856AEE #EE6A91 #D3EE6A #6AEEC7

split-complementary

#856AEE #EEC76A #91EE6A

monochromatic

#3B17C7 #5833E8 #856AEE #B2A1F4 #DFD8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#856AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#856AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856AEE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856AEE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D82F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#217CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6587A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.191 289.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61616,
    "c": 0.1906,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.21468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856AEE

secondary

#E6EFC5

accent

#DC0AB1

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856AEE

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

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