#856FE9#856FE9

#856FE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.177 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FE9
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 233)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(251, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 52.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 37.74, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 70.15, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.056 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.177 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0611, 22.2375, 79.7834)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FE9 #D3E96F

analogous

#6F96E9 #856FE9 #C26FE9

triadic

#856FE9 #E9856F #6FE985

tetradic

#856FE9 #E96F96 #D3E96F #6FE9C2

square

#856FE9 #E96F96 #D3E96F #6FE9C2

split-complementary

#856FE9 #E9C26F #96E96F

monochromatic

#3B1DC0 #583AE1 #856FE9 #B2A4F1 #DFD9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#856FE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#856FE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FE9

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FE9	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3585ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6789A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.177 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae99f1',
    500: '#856fe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856fe9;
$custom-light: #ae99f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.82,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62127,
    "c": 0.17722,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FE9

secondary

#E6EDC7

accent

#D610B2

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FE9

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

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