#856EEC#856EEC

#856EEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.183 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EEC
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 236)
HSL	hsl(251, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 53.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 39.16, -60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 72.40, 302.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.0573 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.183 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3848, 22.1934, 82.0234)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EEC #D5EC6E

analogous

#6E96EC #856EEC #C46EEC

triadic

#856EEC #EC856E #6EEC85

tetradic

#856EEC #EC6E96 #D5EC6E #6EECC4

square

#856EEC #EC6E96 #D5EC6E #6EECC4

split-complementary

#856EEC #ECC46E #96EC6E

monochromatic

#391AC6 #5738E5 #856EEC #B3A4F3 #E0DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#856EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#856EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EEC

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EEC	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F85F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307EE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6689A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.183 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98f3',
    500: '#856eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856eec;
$custom-light: #ae98f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.952,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62151,
    "c": 0.18252,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EEC

secondary

#E7EEC7

accent

#D90CB4

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EEC

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

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