#856FE2#856FE2

#856FE2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.168 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FE2
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(251, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 50.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 35.79, -55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 66.36, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.0556 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.168 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0810, 21.8455, 74.6211)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FE2 #CCE26F

analogous

#6F92E2 #856FE2 #BE6FE2

triadic

#856FE2 #E2856F #6FE285

tetradic

#856FE2 #E26F92 #CCE26F #6FE2BE

square

#856FE2 #E26F92 #CCE26F #6FE2BE

split-complementary

#856FE2 #E2BE6F #92E26F

monochromatic

#3F24B3 #5A3CD8 #856FE2 #B0A2EC #DBD5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#856FE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#856FE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FE2

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FE2	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D83E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B879E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.168 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad99ec',
    500: '#856fe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fe2;
$custom-light: #ad99ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.478,
    "s": 66.474,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61683,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FE2

secondary

#E2E9C4

accent

#CE17AB

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FE2

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

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