#856fae

Color #856fae

A muted medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 23.77 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#856fae

RGB

rgb(133, 111, 174)

HSL

hsl(261, 28%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261, 36.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(51.16, 22.05, -30.44)

LCH

lch(51.16, 37.59, 305.92)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.097, 299.44)

HWB

hwb(261, 43.5%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98ae6f

Analogous

#6f79ae

#856fae

#a56fae

Triadic

#856fae

#ae856f

#6fae85

Split-complementary

#856fae

#aea56f

#79ae6f

Tetradic

#856fae

#ae6f98

#98ae6f

#6fae85

Square

#856fae

#ae6f79

#98ae6f

#6faea5

Shades

Color #856fae mixed toward black.

#6d5698

#57447a

#41335b

#2c223d

#16111e

Tints

Color #856fae mixed toward white.

#9987bc

#ae9fc9

#c2b7d7

#d6cfe4

#ebe7f2

Tones

Color #856fae mixed toward gray.

#8774a9

#887aa4

#8a7f9e

#8b8499

#8d8994

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ca2 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#7d7f9e · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#849794 · ΔE 25.7

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #856fae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856fae]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#856fae (#856fae) is rgb(133, 111, 174) in RGB.

No, #856fae 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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