#856ef9

Color #856ef9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 3.67 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#856ef9

RGB

rgb(133, 110, 249)

HSL

hsl(249.9, 92.1%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.9, 55.8%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.6%, 55.8%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(55.05, 42.83, -66.81)

LCH

lch(55.05, 79.36, 302.66)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.1992, 286.81)

HWB

hwb(249.9, 43.1%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2f96e

Analogous

#6e9df9

#856ef9

#ca6ef9

Triadic

#856ef9

#f9856e

#6ef985

Split-complementary

#856ef9

#f9ca6e

#9df96e

Tetradic

#856ef9

#f96ee2

#e2f96e

#6ef985

Square

#856ef9

#f96e9d

#e2f96e

#6ef9ca

Shades

Color #856ef9 mixed toward black.

#5535f7

#2e09e6

#2207ac

#170573

#0b0239

Tints

Color #856ef9 mixed toward white.

#9986fa

#ae9efb

#c2b7fc

#d6cffd

#ebe7fe

Tones

Color #856ef9 mixed toward gray.

#8d7aed

#9485e2

#9c91d6

#a49ccb

#aca8bf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7be1 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#7d7fdb · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#84ccc7 · ΔE 38

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 28.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #856ef9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856ef9]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#856ef9 (#856ef9) is rgb(133, 110, 249) in RGB.

No, #856ef9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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