#856CE6#856CE6

#856CE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.178 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CE6
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(252, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(252, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 38.64, -58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 70.40, 303.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0594 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.178 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3144, 21.4239, 77.4382)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CE6 #CDE66C

analogous

#6C90E6 #856CE6 #C26CE6

triadic

#856CE6 #E6856C #6CE685

tetradic

#856CE6 #E66C90 #CDE66C #6CE6C2

square

#856CE6 #E66C90 #CDE66C #6CE6C2

split-complementary

#856CE6 #E6C26C #90E66C

monochromatic

#3F1FB8 #5A38DD #856CE6 #B0A0EF #DCD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#856CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#856CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CE6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CE6	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3282EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#347DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69869F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.178 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97ef',
    500: '#856ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ce6;
$custom-light: #ae97ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.295,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61423,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CE6

secondary

#E3EBC3

accent

#D313AC

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CE6

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

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