#856CA4#856CA4

#856CA4 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.088 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CA4
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 164)
HSL	hsl(267, 24%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(267, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 21.41, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 34.05, 308.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.0498 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.088 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7349, 18.3921, 37.5197)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CA4 #8BA46C

analogous

#6C6FA4 #856CA4 #A16CA4

triadic

#856CA4 #A4856C #6CA485

tetradic

#856CA4 #A46C6F #8BA46C #6CA4A1

square

#856CA4 #A46C6F #8BA46C #6CA4A1

split-complementary

#856CA4 #A4A16C #6FA46C

monochromatic

#49395C #675182 #856CA4 #A492BB #C4B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#856CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#856CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CA4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CA4	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6076A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.088 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a996bf',
    500: '#856ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ca4;
$custom-light: #a996bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.786,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57714,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CA4

secondary

#B7C2AA

accent

#C06899

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CA4

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

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