#856DD9#856DD9

#856DD9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.159 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856DD9
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 217)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 34.47, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 62.71, 303.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.0574 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.159 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6625, 20.9328, 68.2152)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856DD9 #C1D96D

analogous

#6D8BD9 #856DD9 #BB6DD9

triadic

#856DD9 #D9856D #6DD985

tetradic

#856DD9 #D96D8B #C1D96D #6DD9BB

square

#856DD9 #D96D8B #C1D96D #6DD9BB

split-complementary

#856DD9 #D9BB6D #8BD96D

monochromatic

#452AA2 #5C3CCC #856DD9 #AE9EE6 #D6CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#856DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#856DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856DD9

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856DD9	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4280DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.159 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac97e5',
    500: '#856dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856dd9;
$custom-light: #ac97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 58.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60778,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856DD9

secondary

#DBE4BE

accent

#C61FA1

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F5F2FC

border

#CFCCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856DD9

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

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