#856BE4#856BE4

#856BE4 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.176 H 290.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856BE4
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 228)
HSL	hsl(253, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(253, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, 38.66, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 69.94, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.0605 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.176 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9303, 21.1024, 75.9326)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856BE4 #CAE46B

analogous

#6B8DE4 #856BE4 #C26BE4

triadic

#856BE4 #E4856B #6BE485

tetradic

#856BE4 #E46B8D #CAE46B #6BE4C2

square

#856BE4 #E46B8D #CAE46B #6BE4C2

split-complementary

#856BE4 #E4C26B #8DE46B

monochromatic

#4021B4 #5A37DB #856BE4 #B09FED #DAD3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#856BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#856BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856BE4

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856BE4	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3281E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A859D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.176 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96ed',
    500: '#856be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856be4;
$custom-light: #ae96ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.893,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61125,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856BE4

secondary

#E1EAC1

accent

#D114A9

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856BE4

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

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