#856EE7#856EE7

#856EE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.176 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EE7
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 231)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 52.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 37.76, -58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 69.70, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0571 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.176 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6686, 21.9069, 78.2511)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EE7 #D0E76E

analogous

#6E94E7 #856EE7 #C26EE7

triadic

#856EE7 #E7856E #6EE785

tetradic

#856EE7 #E76E94 #D0E76E #6EE7C2

square

#856EE7 #E76E94 #D0E76E #6EE7C2

split-complementary

#856EE7 #E7C26E #94E76E

monochromatic

#3D1FBC #5939DE #856EE7 #B1A3F0 #DDD7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#856EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#856EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EE7

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EE7	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)

#3583EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6888A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.176 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98ef',
    500: '#856ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ee7;
$custom-light: #ae98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.405,
    "s": 71.598,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61828,
    "c": 0.17603,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EE7

secondary

#E4ECC5

accent

#D412AF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EE7

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

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