#856DEE#856DEE

#856DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.186 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856DEE
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 54.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 40.30, -62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 74.09, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0586 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.186 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5697, 22.0957, 83.5265)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856DEE #D6EE6D

analogous

#6D95EE #856DEE #C66DEE

triadic

#856DEE #EE856D #6DEE85

tetradic

#856DEE #EE6D95 #D6EE6D #6DEEC6

square

#856DEE #EE6D95 #D6EE6D #6DEEC6

split-complementary

#856DEE #EEC66D #95EE6D

monochromatic

#3817C9 #5736E8 #856DEE #B3A4F4 #E1DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#856DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#856DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856DEE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856DEE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2884F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6589A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.186 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97f4',
    500: '#856dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856dee;
$custom-light: #af97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62114,
    "c": 0.18649,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856DEE

secondary

#E8EFC8

accent

#DB0AB4

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856DEE

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

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