All About Color #856AA4

#856AA4

About #856AA4

#856AA4 is a medium purple color with the hex code #856AA4. In RGB it is red 133, green 106, blue 164; in HSL it is hue 268°, saturation 24%, lightness 53%; in CMYK it is 19%, 35%, 0%, 36%. Its contrast ratio is 4.57:1 on white and 4.59:1 on black.

#856AA4 Color Conversion

Hex triplet85, 6A, A4
CMYK18.90%, 35.37%, 0.00%, 35.69%
RGB Decimal133, 106, 164
HSL268°, 24%, 53%
RGB Octal205, 152, 244
HSV (HSB)267.93°, 35.37%, 64.31%
RGB Binary10000101, 1101010, 10100100
CIE-L*AB49.47, 22.60, -27.27
RGB Percent52.16%, 41.57%, 64.31%
CIE-L*CH49.47, 35.42, 309.66
XYZ21.53, 17.97, 37.46
CIE-L*UV49.47, 10.01, -43.35
xyY0.28, 0.23, 17.97
Hunter-Lab42.40, 16.44, -22.70
RYB52.16%, 41.57%, 64.31%

Color Accessibility Scores

#856AA4 on a dark background: contrast 4.59:1, passes WCAG AA.
#856AA4 on a light background: contrast 4.57:1, passes WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #856AA4, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #856AA4. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#856AA4 · #B4A3C7 · #58446F · #89A46A · #B6C7A3

Analogous palette

#6A89A4 · #6A6CA4 · #856AA4 · #A26AA4 · #A46A89

Triadic palette

#856AA4 · #A4856A · #6AA485 · #B4A3C7 · #C7B4A3

Tetradic palette

#856AA4 · #A46A6C · #89A46A · #6AA4A2 · #58446F

Monochromatic palette

#3A2D49 · #5F4A78 · #856AA4 · #AC9AC1 · #D3C9DE

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