#856AF4#856AF4

#856AF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.198 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856AF4
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 244)
HSL	hsl(252, 86%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(252, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 56.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 43.70, -65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 79.14, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.062 -0.1883)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.198 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1514, 21.8250, 88.1417)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856AF4 #D9F46A

analogous

#6A94F4 #856AF4 #CA6AF4

triadic

#856AF4 #F4856A #6AF485

tetradic

#856AF4 #F46A94 #D9F46A #6AF4CA

square

#856AF4 #F46A94 #D9F46A #6AF4CA

split-complementary

#856AF4 #F4CA6A #94F46A

monochromatic

#3610D4 #5631F0 #856AF4 #B4A3F8 #E2DCFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#856AF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#856AF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856AF4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856AF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856AF4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0784F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D7DF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6289A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856af4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.198 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af95f9',
    500: '#856af4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856af4;
$custom-light: #af95f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856af4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 86.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62023,
    "c": 0.1982,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856AF4

secondary

#E9F1C8

accent

#E303B7

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856AF4

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

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