#856BEA#856BEA

#856BEA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.184 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856BEA
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 234)
HSL	hsl(252, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 54.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, 40.33, -61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 73.18, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.0607 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.184 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7777, 21.4414, 80.3956)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856BEA #D0EA6B

analogous

#6B91EA #856BEA #C46BEA

triadic

#856BEA #EA856B #6BEA85

tetradic

#856BEA #EA6B91 #D0EA6B #6BEAC4

square

#856BEA #EA6B91 #D0EA6B #6BEAC4

split-complementary

#856BEA #EAC46B #91EA6B

monochromatic

#3D1BBF #5935E2 #856BEA #B1A1F2 #DDD6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#856BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#856BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856BEA

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856BEA	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2982EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6786A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.184 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96f1',
    500: '#856bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856bea;
$custom-light: #ae96f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.283,
    "s": 75.148,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61516,
    "c": 0.18411,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856BEA

secondary

#E4EDC4

accent

#D70EAE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856BEA

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

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