#856DD2#856DD2

#856DD2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.150 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856DD2
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 210)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(254, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, 32.57, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 58.87, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.0567 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.15 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7713, 20.5763, 63.5214)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856DD2 #BAD26D

analogous

#6D88D2 #856DD2 #B76DD2

triadic

#856DD2 #D2856D #6DD285

tetradic

#856DD2 #D26D88 #BAD26D #6DD2B7

square

#856DD2 #D26D88 #BAD26D #6DD2B7

split-complementary

#856DD2 #D2B76D #88D26D

monochromatic

#472E96 #5E3EC4 #856DD2 #AC9CE0 #D3CBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#856DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#856DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856DD2

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856DD2	1.00	4.11	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.150 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97e0',
    500: '#856dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856dd2;
$custom-light: #ac97e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.257,
    "s": 52.88,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60357,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856DD2

secondary

#D7E0BB

accent

#C0259B

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#100D15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #856DD2

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

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