#856BCE#856BCE

#856BCE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.147 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856BCE
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 206)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(256, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 48.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.79, 32.66, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.79, 57.95, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0589 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.147 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0683, 19.9576, 60.8593)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856BCE #B4CE6B

analogous

#6B83CE #856BCE #B76BCE

triadic

#856BCE #CE856B #6BCE85

tetradic

#856BCE #CE6B83 #B4CE6B #6BCEB7

square

#856BCE #CE6B83 #B4CE6B #6BCEB7

split-complementary

#856BCE #CEB76B #83CE6B

monochromatic

#492F8F #603FBD #856BCE #AB99DD #D1C7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#856BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#856BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856BCE

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856BCE	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C7ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.147 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96dd',
    500: '#856bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856bce;
$custom-light: #ac96dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.758,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856BCE

secondary

#D3DDB8

accent

#BE2896

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100D15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #856BCE

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

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