#856CEE#856CEE

#856CEE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.188 H 288.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CEE
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 40.87, -62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 74.71, 303.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0597 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.188 288.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4637, 21.8836, 83.4912)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CEE #D5EE6C

analogous

#6C94EE #856CEE #C66CEE

triadic

#856CEE #EE856C #6CEE85

tetradic

#856CEE #EE6C94 #D5EE6C #6CEEC6

square

#856CEE #EE6C94 #D5EE6C #6CEEC6

split-complementary

#856CEE #EEC66C #94EE6C

monochromatic

#3917C8 #5735E8 #856CEE #B3A3F4 #E0DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#856CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#856CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CEE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CEE	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2584F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#277EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6588A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.188 288.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97f4',
    500: '#856cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cee;
$custom-light: #af97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61947,
    "c": 0.18786,
    "h": 288.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CEE

secondary

#E7EFC7

accent

#DC0AB3

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CEE

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

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