#856EEA#856EEA

#856EEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.180 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EEA
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 53%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 38.60, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 71.32, 302.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0573 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.18 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0959, 22.0778, 80.5017)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EEA #D3EA6E

analogous

#6E95EA #856EEA #C36EEA

triadic

#856EEA #EA856E #6EEA85

tetradic

#856EEA #EA6E95 #D3EA6E #6EEAC3

square

#856EEA #EA6E95 #D3EA6E #6EEAC3

split-complementary

#856EEA #EAC36E #95EA6E

monochromatic

#3B1CC2 #5839E2 #856EEA #B2A3F2 #DFD9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#856EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#856EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EEA

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EEA	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	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)

#3184EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6789A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.180 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98f1',
    500: '#856eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856eea;
$custom-light: #ae98f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.129,
    "s": 74.699,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62021,
    "c": 0.17992,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EEA

secondary

#E6EDC7

accent

#D70FB2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EEA

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

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