#856FE5#856FE5

#856FE5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.172 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FE5
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 51.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 36.62, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 67.99, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.0558 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.172 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4962, 22.0116, 76.8081)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FE5 #CFE56F

analogous

#6F94E5 #856FE5 #C06FE5

triadic

#856FE5 #E5856F #6FE585

tetradic

#856FE5 #E56F94 #CFE56F #6FE5C0

square

#856FE5 #E56F94 #CFE56F #6FE5C0

split-complementary

#856FE5 #E5C06F #94E56F

monochromatic

#3D21B8 #593BDC #856FE5 #B1A3EE #DDD7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#856FE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#856FE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FE5

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FE5	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A84E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6988A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.172 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99ee',
    500: '#856fe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fe5;
$custom-light: #ae99ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61872,
    "c": 0.17198,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FE5

secondary

#E4EBC5

accent

#D114AE

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FE5

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

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