#856CD1#856CD1

#856CD1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.150 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CD1
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 209)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(255, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 48.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 32.88, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 58.96, 303.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.0579 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.15 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5410, 20.3145, 62.8320)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CD1 #B8D16C

analogous

#6C86D1 #856CD1 #B76CD1

triadic

#856CD1 #D1856C #6CD185

tetradic

#856CD1 #D16C86 #B8D16C #6CD1B7

square

#856CD1 #D16C86 #B8D16C #6CD1B7

split-complementary

#856CD1 #D1B76C #86D16C

monochromatic

#482E94 #5E3DC2 #856CD1 #AC9BE0 #D2C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#856CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#856CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CD1

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CD1	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.150 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96df',
    500: '#856cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cd1;
$custom-light: #ac96df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.851,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6012,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CD1

secondary

#D6DFBA

accent

#C0269A

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100D15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CD1

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

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