#856EEF#856EEF

#856EEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.186 H 287.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EEF
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 239)
HSL	hsl(251, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 54%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 40.00, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 74.01, 302.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0574 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.186 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8243, 22.3692, 84.3382)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EEF #D8EF6E

analogous

#6E97EF #856EEF #C56EEF

triadic

#856EEF #EF856E #6EEF85

tetradic

#856EEF #EF6E97 #D8EF6E #6EEFC5

square

#856EEF #EF6E97 #D8EF6E #6EEFC5

split-complementary

#856EEF #EFC56E #97EF6E

monochromatic

#3717CC #5737E9 #856EEF #B3A5F5 #E2DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#856EEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#856EEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EEF

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EEF	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A85F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A7FEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#648AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856eef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.186 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af98f5',
    500: '#856eef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856eef;
$custom-light: #af98f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856eef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.698,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62347,
    "c": 0.1864,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EEF

secondary

#E9F0C9

accent

#DC09B7

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FE

border

#D0CCD6

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EEF

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

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