#856EDD#856EDD

#856EDD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.163 H 290.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EDD
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(252, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 50.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 34.99, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 64.26, 302.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.0565 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.163 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2964, 21.3580, 71.0242)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EDD #C6DD6E

analogous

#6E8FDD #856EDD #BC6EDD

triadic

#856EDD #DD856E #6EDD85

tetradic

#856EDD #DD6E8F #C6DD6E #6EDDBC

square

#856EDD #DD6E8F #C6DD6E #6EDDBC

split-complementary

#856EDD #DDBC6E #8FDD6E

monochromatic

#4228A9 #5B3CD1 #856EDD #AFA0E9 #D8D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#856EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#856EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EDD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EDD	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4081E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D859B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.163 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad98e8',
    500: '#856edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856edd;
$custom-light: #ad98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.432,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61199,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EDD

secondary

#DEE6C0

accent

#CA1CA6

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EDD

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

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