#856DD7#856DD7

#856DD7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.156 H 291.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#856DD7
RGBrgb(133, 109, 215)
HSLhsl(254, 57%, 64%)
HSVhsv(254, 49%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(38.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(52.76, 33.93, -51.43)
CIE-LCHlch(52.76, 61.61, 303.41°)
OKLaboklab(60.66% 0.0572 -0.1455)
OKLCHoklch(60.66% 0.156 291.5)
XYZxyz(27.4040, 20.8294, 66.8534)
Luminance0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#856DD7 #BFD76D
analogous
#6D8AD7 #856DD7 #BA6DD7
triadic
#856DD7 #D7856D #6DD785
tetradic
#856DD7 #D76D8A #BFD76D #6DD7BA
square
#856DD7 #D76D8A #BFD76D #6DD7BA
split-complementary
#856DD7 #D7BA6D #8AD76D
monochromatic
#452B9E #5D3DCA #856DD7 #AD9DE4 #D5CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07
#856DD7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17
#856DD7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856DD7
5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##856DD7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##856DD71.004.075.175.17
#FFFFFF4.071.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1721.001.001.00
##0000005.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4480DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#477CD5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#708298
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #856dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.156 291.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97e4',
    500: '#856dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #856dd7;
$custom-light: #ac97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#856dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.585,
    "s": 56.989,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#856DD7
secondary
#DAE3BD
accent
#C521A0
background
#FAF9FE
surface
#F5F2FC
border
#CFCCD5
text
#100D15
muted
#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856DD7

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#856DD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva