#856CED#856CED

#856CED is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.187 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CED
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 237)
HSL	hsl(252, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 54.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 40.59, -62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 74.17, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% 0.0597 -0.1768)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.187 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3172, 21.8250, 82.7196)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CED #D4ED6C

analogous

#6C93ED #856CED #C66CED

triadic

#856CED #ED856C #6CED85

tetradic

#856CED #ED6C93 #D4ED6C #6CEDC6

square

#856CED #ED6C93 #D4ED6C #6CEDC6

split-complementary

#856CED #EDC66C #93ED6C

monochromatic

#3A18C6 #5835E6 #856CED #B2A3F4 #E0D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#856CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#856CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CED

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CED	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2783F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6688A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.187 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97f4',
    500: '#856ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ced;
$custom-light: #ae97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.628,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.18658,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CED

secondary

#E7EEC6

accent

#DA0BB2

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CED

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

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