#856ea0

Color #856ea0

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 24.98 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#856ea0

RGB

rgb(133, 110, 160)

HSL

hsl(267.6, 20.8%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.6, 31.2%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(50.31, 19.28, -23.61)

LCH

lch(50.31, 30.48, 309.24)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0793, 305.09)

HWB

hwb(267.6, 43.1%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89a06e

Analogous

#6e70a0

#856ea0

#9e6ea0

Triadic

#856ea0

#a0856e

#6ea085

Split-complementary

#856ea0

#a09e6e

#70a06e

Tetradic

#856ea0

#a06e89

#89a06e

#6ea085

Square

#856ea0

#a06e70

#89a06e

#6ea09e

Shades

Color #856ea0 mixed toward black.

#6f5988

#58476d

#423551

#2c2436

#16121b

Tints

Color #856ea0 mixed toward white.

#9986b0

#ae9ec0

#c2b6cf

#d6cfdf

#ebe7ef

Tones

Color #856ea0 mixed toward gray.

#85729c

#867698

#867a93

#867f8f

#87838b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7b96 · ΔE 9.3

Deuteranopia

#7d7f93 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#848d8b · ΔE 23

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #856ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856ea0]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#856ea0 (#856ea0) is rgb(133, 110, 160) in RGB.

No, #856ea0 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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