#856EF6#856EF6

#856EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.195 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856EF6
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 246)
HSL	hsl(250, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 55.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 41.98, -65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 77.76, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0576 -0.1867)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.195 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8785, 22.7909, 89.8903)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856EF6 #DFF66E

analogous

#6E9BF6 #856EF6 #C96EF6

triadic

#856EF6 #F6856E #6EF685

tetradic

#856EF6 #F66E9B #DFF66E #6EF6C9

square

#856EF6 #F66E9B #DFF66E #6EF6C9

split-complementary

#856EF6 #F6C96E #9BF66E

monochromatic

#310EDC #5534F2 #856EF6 #B5A8FA #E6E1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#856EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#856EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856EF6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856EF6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B87FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A80F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#608CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.195 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af98fa',
    500: '#856ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856ef6;
$custom-light: #af98fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.147,
    "s": 88.312,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62814,
    "c": 0.19538,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856EF6

secondary

#EDF3CD

accent

#E501BE

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856EF6

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

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