#856AFF#856AFF

#856AFF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.212 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856AFF
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 255)
HSL	hsl(251, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 58%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 58.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 46.80, -70.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 84.96, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0618 -0.2028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.212 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8716, 22.5131, 97.2018)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856AFF #E4FF6A

analogous

#6A9AFF #856AFF #CF6AFF

triadic

#856AFF #FF856A #6AFF85

tetradic

#856AFF #FF6A9A #E4FF6A #6AFFCF

square

#856AFF #FF6A9A #E4FF6A #6AFFCF

split-complementary

#856AFF #FFCF6A #9AFF6A

monochromatic

#2B00EF #532DFF #856AFF #B7A7FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#856AFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#856AFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856AFF

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856AFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856AFF	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0086FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#007EFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B8CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856aff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.212 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b195ff',
    500: '#856aff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856aff;
$custom-light: #b195ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856aff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.872,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62788,
    "c": 0.21196,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856AFF

secondary

#EFF6CE

accent

#E600BC

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110D18

muted

#807E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #856AFF

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

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