#856FE8#856FE8

#856FE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.176 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FE8
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 232)
HSL	hsl(251, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 52.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 37.46, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 69.61, 302.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.056 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.176 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9187, 22.1806, 79.0332)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FE8 #D2E86F

analogous

#6F96E8 #856FE8 #C16FE8

triadic

#856FE8 #E8856F #6FE885

tetradic

#856FE8 #E86F96 #D2E86F #6FE8C1

square

#856FE8 #E86F96 #D2E86F #6FE8C1

split-complementary

#856FE8 #E8C16F #96E86F

monochromatic

#3B1EBE #583AE0 #856FE8 #B2A4F0 #DED9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#856FE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#856FE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FE8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FE8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3784EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6889A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.176 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99f0',
    500: '#856fe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fe8;
$custom-light: #ae99f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62063,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FE8

secondary

#E6ECC6

accent

#D511B1

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FE8

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

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