#856FE6#856FE6

#856FE6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.173 H 288.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FE6
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 230)
HSL	hsl(251, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 51.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 36.90, -57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 68.53, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0559 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.173 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6362, 22.0676, 77.5455)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FE6 #D0E66F

analogous

#6F95E6 #856FE6 #C06FE6

triadic

#856FE6 #E6856F #6FE685

tetradic

#856FE6 #E66F95 #D0E66F #6FE6C0

square

#856FE6 #E66F95 #D0E66F #6FE6C0

split-complementary

#856FE6 #E6C06F #95E66F

monochromatic

#3D20BA #593BDD #856FE6 #B1A3EF #DDD7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#856FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#856FE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FE6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FE6	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3984EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A7EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6988A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.173 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99ee',
    500: '#856fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fe6;
$custom-light: #ae99ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61935,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FE6

secondary

#E4EBC5

accent

#D213AF

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FE6

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

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