#856DEB#856DEB

#856DEB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.183 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856DEB
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 39.46, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 72.48, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0585 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.183 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1327, 21.9209, 81.2246)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856DEB #D3EB6D

analogous

#6D94EB #856DEB #C46DEB

triadic

#856DEB #EB856D #6DEB85

tetradic

#856DEB #EB6D94 #D3EB6D #6DEBC4

square

#856DEB #EB6D94 #D3EB6D #6DEBC4

split-complementary

#856DEB #EBC46D #94EB6D

monochromatic

#3B1BC3 #5837E4 #856DEB #B2A3F2 #DFD9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#856DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#856DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856DEB

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856DEB	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#2D84EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F7EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6688A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.183 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae97f2',
    500: '#856deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856deb;
$custom-light: #ae97f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61917,
    "c": 0.18262,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856DEB

secondary

#E6EEC6

accent

#D80DB1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856DEB

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

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