#856ae1

Color #856ae1

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 7.7 Nearest Tailwind class violet-500 #8e51ff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#856ae1

RGB

rgb(133, 106, 225)

HSL

hsl(253.6, 66.5%, 64.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(253.6, 52.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 52.9%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(52.65, 38.41, -57.26)

LCH

lch(52.65, 68.95, 303.85)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1739, 290.75)

HWB

hwb(253.6, 41.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6e16a

Analogous

#6a8be1

#856ae1

#c06ae1

Triadic

#856ae1

#e1856a

#6ae185

Split-complementary

#856ae1

#e1c06a

#8be16a

Tetradic

#856ae1

#e16ac6

#c6e16a

#6ae185

Square

#856ae1

#e16a8b

#c6e16a

#6ae1c0

Shades

Color #856ae1 mixed toward black.

#5f3cd8

#4625b8

#351c8a

#23125c

#12092e

Tints

Color #856ae1 mixed toward white.

#9983e6

#ae9ceb

#c2b4f0

#d6cdf5

#ebe6fa

Tones

Color #856ae1 mixed toward gray.

#8a74d7

#907ecd

#9588c3

#9b92b9

#a09caf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7acc · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#7c7ec7 · ΔE 8.4

Tritanopia

#84bab5 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #856ae1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856ae1]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#856ae1 (#856ae1) is rgb(133, 106, 225) in RGB.

No, #856ae1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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