#856CEF#856CEF

#856CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.189 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856CEF
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 239)
HSL	hsl(251, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 54.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 41.15, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 75.24, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0597 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.189 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6110, 21.9425, 84.2671)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856CEF #D6EF6C

analogous

#6C95EF #856CEF #C66CEF

triadic

#856CEF #EF856C #6CEF85

tetradic

#856CEF #EF6C95 #D6EF6C #6CEFC6

square

#856CEF #EF6C95 #D6EF6C #6CEFC6

split-complementary

#856CEF #EFC66C #95EF6C

monochromatic

#3816CB #5735E9 #856CEF #B3A3F5 #E1DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#856CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#856CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856CEF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856CEF	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2384F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#257EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6489A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.189 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97f5',
    500: '#856cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856cef;
$custom-light: #af97f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.45,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62013,
    "c": 0.18914,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856CEF

secondary

#E8EFC7

accent

#DD09B4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856CEF

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

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