#856CEA#856CEA

#856CEA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.183 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CEA
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 234)
HSL	hsl(252, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 53.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 39.75, -60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 72.56, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.0596 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.183 289)
XYZ	xyz(29.8825, 21.6511, 80.4305)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CEA #D1EA6C

analogous

#6C92EA #856CEA #C46CEA

triadic

#856CEA #EA856C #6CEA85

tetradic

#856CEA #EA6C92 #D1EA6C #6CEAC4

square

#856CEA #EA6C92 #D1EA6C #6CEAC4

split-complementary

#856CEA #EAC46C #92EA6C

monochromatic

#3C1BC0 #5936E2 #856CEA #B1A2F2 #DED7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#856CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#856CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CEA

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CEA	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C83EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6787A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.183 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97f1',
    500: '#856cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cea;
$custom-light: #ae97f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.905,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.18272,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.21652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CEA

secondary

#E5EDC5

accent

#D70EAF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CEA

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

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