#856BEE#856BEE

#856BEE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.189 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856BEE
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, 41.44, -62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 75.32, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0608 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.189 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3588, 21.6739, 83.4562)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856BEE #D4EE6B

analogous

#6B93EE #856BEE #C66BEE

triadic

#856BEE #EE856B #6BEE85

tetradic

#856BEE #EE6B93 #D4EE6B #6BEEC6

square

#856BEE #EE6B93 #D4EE6B #6BEEC6

split-complementary

#856BEE #EEC66B #93EE6B

monochromatic

#3A17C8 #5834E8 #856BEE #B2A2F4 #E0D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#856BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#856BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856BEE

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856BEE	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2183F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#247DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6588A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.189 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af96f4',
    500: '#856bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856bee;
$custom-light: #af96f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.908,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61781,
    "c": 0.18923,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856BEE

secondary

#E7EFC6

accent

#DC0AB2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856BEE

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

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