#856FEA#856FEA

#856FEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.179 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856FEA
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 234)
HSL	hsl(251, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 52.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 38.02, -59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 70.70, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% 0.0561 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.179 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2044, 22.2948, 80.5378)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856FEA #D4EA6F

analogous

#6F96EA #856FEA #C36FEA

triadic

#856FEA #EA856F #6FEA85

tetradic

#856FEA #EA6F96 #D4EA6F #6FEAC3

square

#856FEA #EA6F96 #D4EA6F #6FEAC3

split-complementary

#856FEA #EAC36F #96EA6F

monochromatic

#3A1CC2 #583AE2 #856FEA #B2A4F2 #E0DAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#856FEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#856FEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #856FEA

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856FEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##856FEA	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3485EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6789A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856fea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.179 288.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856fea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.732,
    "s": 74.545,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62191,
    "c": 0.17853,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856FEA

secondary

#E7EDC7

accent

#D70FB3

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F6F2FD

border

#D0CCD5

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #856FEA

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

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