#856EED#856EED

#856EED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.184 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EED
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 53.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 39.44, -61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 72.93, 302.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0574 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.184 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5305, 22.2517, 82.7907)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EED #D6ED6E

analogous

#6E96ED #856EED #C46EED

triadic

#856EED #ED856E #6EED85

tetradic

#856EED #ED6E96 #D6ED6E #6EEDC4

square

#856EED #ED6E96 #D6ED6E #6EEDC4

split-complementary

#856EED #EDC46E #96ED6E

monochromatic

#3819C8 #5738E6 #856EED #B3A4F4 #E1DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#856EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#856EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EED

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EED	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D85F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E7FEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6589A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.184 288.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.866,
    "s": 77.914,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.18382,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EED

secondary

#E8EFC8

accent

#DA0BB5

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110D17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EED

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

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