#856EEE#856EEE

#856EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.185 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EEE
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 238)
HSL	hsl(251, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 53.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 39.72, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 73.47, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.0574 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.185 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6770, 22.3103, 83.5623)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EEE #D7EE6E

analogous

#6E97EE #856EEE #C56EEE

triadic

#856EEE #EE856E #6EEE85

tetradic

#856EEE #EE6E97 #D7EE6E #6EEEC5

square

#856EEE #EE6E97 #D7EE6E #6EEEC5

split-complementary

#856EEE #EEC56E #97EE6E

monochromatic

#3818CA #5737E8 #856EEE #B3A5F4 #E1DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#856EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#856EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EEE

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EEE	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C85F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C7FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#658AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.185 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae98f4',
    500: '#856eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856eee;
$custom-light: #ae98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.781,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62282,
    "c": 0.18511,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EEE

secondary

#E8EFC8

accent

#DB0AB6

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EEE

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

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