#856EEB#856EEB

#856EEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.181 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EEB
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 235)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 38.88, -60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 71.86, 302.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% 0.0573 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.181 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2400, 22.1355, 81.2604)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EEB #D4EB6E

analogous

#6E95EB #856EEB #C46EEB

triadic

#856EEB #EB856E #6EEB85

tetradic

#856EEB #EB6E95 #D4EB6E #6EEBC4

square

#856EEB #EB6E95 #D4EB6E #6EEBC4

split-complementary

#856EEB #EBC46E #95EB6E

monochromatic

#3A1BC4 #5838E4 #856EEB #B2A4F2 #E0DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#856EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#856EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EEB

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EEB	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3084EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6689A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.181 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98f2',
    500: '#856eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856eeb;
$custom-light: #ae98f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.04,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62086,
    "c": 0.18123,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EEB

secondary

#E7EEC7

accent

#D80EB3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EEB

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

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