#856EF5#856EF5

#856EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.194 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EF5
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 245)
HSL	hsl(250, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 55.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 41.70, -65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 77.23, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0576 -0.1854)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.194 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7255, 22.7297, 89.0841)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EF5 #DEF56E

analogous

#6E9BF5 #856EF5 #C86EF5

triadic

#856EF5 #F5856E #6EF585

tetradic

#856EF5 #F56E9B #DEF56E #6EF5C8

square

#856EF5 #F56E9B #DEF56E #6EF5C8

split-complementary

#856EF5 #F5C86E #9BF56E

monochromatic

#320FDA #5535F1 #856EF5 #B5A7F9 #E5E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#856EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#856EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EF5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EF5	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E86FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D7FF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#618CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.194 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af98f9',
    500: '#856ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ef5;
$custom-light: #af98f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.222,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62746,
    "c": 0.1941,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EF5

secondary

#ECF3CC

accent

#E402BD

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EF5

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

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