#856CD9#856CD9

#856CD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.160 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CD9
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(254, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 35.05, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 63.34, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.0586 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.16 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5564, 20.7207, 68.1798)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CD9 #C0D96C

analogous

#6C89D9 #856CD9 #BB6CD9

triadic

#856CD9 #D9856C #6CD985

tetradic

#856CD9 #D96C89 #C0D96C #6CD9BB

square

#856CD9 #D96C89 #C0D96C #6CD9BB

split-complementary

#856CD9 #D9BB6C #89D96C

monochromatic

#452AA1 #5D3BCC #856CD9 #AD9DE6 #D6CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#856CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#856CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CD9

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CD9	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.160 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad96e5',
    500: '#856cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cd9;
$custom-light: #ad96e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.761,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60604,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CD9

secondary

#DBE4BD

accent

#C71FA0

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F5F2FC

border

#CFCCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CD9

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

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