#856CE5#856CE5

#856CE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.176 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CE5
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 229)
HSL	hsl(252, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 52.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 38.36, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 69.86, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.0594 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.176 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1744, 21.3678, 76.7008)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CE5 #CCE56C

analogous

#6C8FE5 #856CE5 #C16CE5

triadic

#856CE5 #E5856C #6CE585

tetradic

#856CE5 #E56C8F #CCE56C #6CE5C1

square

#856CE5 #E56C8F #CCE56C #6CE5C1

split-complementary

#856CE5 #E5C16C #8FE56C

monochromatic

#3F20B6 #5A38DC #856CE5 #B0A0EE #DBD4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#856CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#856CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CE5

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CE5	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367DE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A869E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.176 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae96ee',
    500: '#856ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ce5;
$custom-light: #ae96ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.397,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61359,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CE5

secondary

#E2EAC3

accent

#D214AB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CE5

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

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