#856EA9#856EA9

#856EA9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.092 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EA9
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 169)
HSL	hsl(263, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 21.42, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 35.47, 307.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.048 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.092 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4087, 19.0030, 40.0158)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EA9 #92A96E

analogous

#6E75A9 #856EA9 #A36EA9

triadic

#856EA9 #A9856E #6EA985

tetradic

#856EA9 #A96E75 #92A96E #6EA9A3

square

#856EA9 #A96E75 #92A96E #6EA9A3

split-complementary

#856EA9 #A9A36E #75A96E

monochromatic

#4A3A62 #675189 #856EA9 #A594C0 #C6BBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#856EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#856EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EA9

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EA9	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6178AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6578A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.092 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a997c2',
    500: '#856ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ea9;
$custom-light: #a997c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.39,
    "s": 25.541,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58336,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EA9

secondary

#BCC6AD

accent

#C2669E

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F8

border

#CECCD1

text

#100D12

muted

#7F7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EA9

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

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