#856CB8#856CB8

#856CB8 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.116 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CB8
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 184)
HSL	hsl(260, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(260, 41%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 41.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 26.33, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 45.14, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.0542 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.116 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6851, 19.1722, 47.7909)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CB8 #9FB86C

analogous

#6C79B8 #856CB8 #AB6CB8

triadic

#856CB8 #B8856C #6CB885

tetradic

#856CB8 #B86C79 #9FB86C #6CB8AB

square

#856CB8 #B86C79 #9FB86C #6CB8AB

split-complementary

#856CB8 #B8AB6C #79B86C

monochromatic

#4B3772 #664B9C #856CB8 #A795CC #C9BFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#856CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#856CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CB8

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CB8	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5779BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.116 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa96cd',
    500: '#856cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cb8;
$custom-light: #aa96cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 34.862,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58714,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CB8

secondary

#C5CFB1

accent

#CB5DA7

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#100D13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CB8

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

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