#856CA5#856CA5

#856CA5 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.090 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CA5
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 165)
HSL	hsl(266, 24%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(266, 35%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 21.65, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 34.60, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.05 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.09 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8256, 18.4283, 37.9972)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CA5 #8CA56C

analogous

#6C6FA5 #856CA5 #A16CA5

triadic

#856CA5 #A5856C #6CA585

tetradic

#856CA5 #A56C6F #8CA56C #6CA5A1

square

#856CA5 #A56C6F #8CA56C #6CA5A1

split-complementary

#856CA5 #A5A16C #6FA56C

monochromatic

#49395D #675083 #856CA5 #A592BC #C4B8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#856CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#856CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CA5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CA5	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6076A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.090 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a996c0',
    500: '#856ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ca5;
$custom-light: #a996c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 24.051,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57761,
    "c": 0.08979,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CA5

secondary

#B8C3AA

accent

#C16799

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F4F2F7

border

#CECCD0

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CA5

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

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