#856DF6#856DF6

#856DF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.197 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856DF6
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 246)
HSL	hsl(251, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 55.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 42.55, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 78.37, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.0587 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.197 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7713, 22.5763, 89.8545)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856DF6 #DEF66D

analogous

#6D9AF6 #856DF6 #CA6DF6

triadic

#856DF6 #F6856D #6DF685

tetradic

#856DF6 #F66D9A #DEF66D #6DF6CA

square

#856DF6 #F66D9A #DEF66D #6DF6CA

split-complementary

#856DF6 #F6CA6D #9AF66D

monochromatic

#320EDB #5533F2 #856DF6 #B5A7FA #E5E0FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#856DF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#856DF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856DF6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856DF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856DF6	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1686FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#157FF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#608BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856df6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.197 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af97fa',
    500: '#856df6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856df6;
$custom-light: #af97fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856df6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.511,
    "s": 88.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62649,
    "c": 0.19672,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856DF6

secondary

#ECF3CC

accent

#E501BD

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856DF6

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

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