#856AF2#856AF2

#856AF2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.196 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856AF2
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 242)
HSL	hsl(252, 84%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 56.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 43.13, -65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 78.07, 303.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.062 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.196 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8493, 21.7042, 86.5511)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856AF2 #D7F26A

analogous

#6A93F2 #856AF2 #C96AF2

triadic

#856AF2 #F2856A #6AF285

tetradic

#856AF2 #F26A93 #D7F26A #6AF2C9

square

#856AF2 #F26A93 #D7F26A #6AF2C9

split-complementary

#856AF2 #F2C96A #93F26A

monochromatic

#3812CF #5732ED #856AF2 #B3A2F7 #E1DBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#856AF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#856AF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856AF2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856AF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856AF2	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1183F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#167DEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6388A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856af2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.196 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af95f7',
    500: '#856af2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856af2;
$custom-light: #af95f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856af2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.912,
    "s": 83.951,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61886,
    "c": 0.19568,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856AF2

secondary

#E8F1C7

accent

#E005B5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856AF2

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

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