#856FE7#856FE7

#856FE7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.175 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FE7
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 231)
HSL	hsl(251, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 51.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 37.18, -58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 69.07, 302.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62% 0.0559 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.175 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7771, 22.1239, 78.2872)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FE7 #D1E76F

analogous

#6F95E7 #856FE7 #C16FE7

triadic

#856FE7 #E7856F #6FE785

tetradic

#856FE7 #E76F95 #D1E76F #6FE7C1

square

#856FE7 #E76F95 #D1E76F #6FE7C1

split-complementary

#856FE7 #E7C16F #95E76F

monochromatic

#3C1FBC #593BDE #856FE7 #B1A3F0 #DED8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#856FE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#856FE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FE7

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FE7	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3884EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6888A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.175 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99ef',
    500: '#856fe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fe7;
$custom-light: #ae99ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61999,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FE7

secondary

#E5ECC6

accent

#D312B0

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E16

muted

#807E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FE7

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

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