#856CD6#856CD6

#856CD6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.157 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CD6
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 34.24, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 61.70, 303.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0584 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.157 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1698, 20.5660, 66.1434)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CD6 #BDD66C

analogous

#6C88D6 #856CD6 #BA6CD6

triadic

#856CD6 #D6856C #6CD685

tetradic

#856CD6 #D66C88 #BDD66C #6CD6BA

square

#856CD6 #D66C88 #BDD66C #6CD6BA

split-complementary

#856CD6 #D6BA6C #88D66C

monochromatic

#462C9C #5D3CC9 #856CD6 #AD9CE3 #D4CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#856CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#856CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CD6

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CD6	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.157 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac96e3',
    500: '#856cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cd6;
$custom-light: #ac96e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.151,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6042,
    "c": 0.15651,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CD6

secondary

#D9E2BC

accent

#C4229E

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F5F2FC

border

#CFCCD5

text

#100D15

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CD6

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

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