#856FD5#856FD5

#856FD5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.151 H 291.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FD5
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 213)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(253, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 47.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 32.21, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 59.25, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.0545 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.151 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3643, 21.1588, 65.5802)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FD5 #BFD56F

analogous

#6F8CD5 #856FD5 #B86FD5

triadic

#856FD5 #D5856F #6FD585

tetradic

#856FD5 #D56F8C #BFD56F #6FD5B8

square

#856FD5 #D56F8C #BFD56F #6FD5B8

split-complementary

#856FD5 #D5B86F #8CD56F

monochromatic

#452E9C #5D40C7 #856FD5 #AD9EE3 #D5CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#856FD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#856FD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FD5

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FD5	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4981D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B7DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.151 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac98e2',
    500: '#856fd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fd5;
$custom-light: #ac98e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.941,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60891,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FD5

secondary

#DAE2BE

accent

#C223A0

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F5F2FB

border

#CFCCD4

text

#100E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FD5

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

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