#856ff7

Color #856ff7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 3.05 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-500 #615fff · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#856ff7

RGB

rgb(133, 111, 247)

HSL

hsl(249.7, 89.5%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.7, 55.1%, 96.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.2%, 55.1%, 0%, 3.1%)

LAB

lab(55.14, 41.69, -65.55)

LCH

lch(55.14, 77.68, 302.46)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1953, 286.81)

HWB

hwb(249.7, 43.5%, 3.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1f76f

Analogous

#6f9df7

#856ff7

#c96ff7

Triadic

#856ff7

#f7856f

#6ff785

Split-complementary

#856ff7

#f7c96f

#9df76f

Tetradic

#856ff7

#f76fe1

#e1f76f

#6ff785

Square

#856ff7

#f76f9d

#e1f76f

#6ff7c9

Shades

Color #856ff7 mixed toward black.

#5536f4

#2f0de2

#2309aa

#180671

#0c0339

Tints

Color #856ff7 mixed toward white.

#9987f8

#ae9ffa

#c2b7fb

#d6cffc

#ebe7fe

Tones

Color #856ff7 mixed toward gray.

#8d7aec

#9486e0

#9c91d5

#a49cca

#aba8be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7ce0 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#7d7fda · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#84cbc6 · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 28.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #856ff7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#856ff7]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#856ff7 (#856ff7) is rgb(133, 111, 247) in RGB.

No, #856ff7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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