All About Color #856FAE

#856FAE

About #856FAE

#856FAE is a medium purple color with the hex code #856FAE. In RGB it is red 133, green 111, blue 174; in HSL it is hue 261°, saturation 28%, lightness 56%; in CMYK it is 24%, 36%, 0%, 32%. Its contrast ratio is 4.30:1 on white and 4.88:1 on black.

#856FAE Color Conversion

Hex triplet85, 6F, AE
CMYK23.56%, 36.21%, 0.00%, 31.76%
RGB Decimal133, 111, 174
HSL261°, 28%, 56%
RGB Octal205, 157, 256
HSV (HSB)260.95°, 36.21%, 68.24%
RGB Binary10000101, 1101111, 10101110
CIE-L*AB51.17, 22.06, -30.45
RGB Percent52.16%, 43.53%, 68.24%
CIE-L*CH51.17, 37.60, 305.92
XYZ23.00, 19.41, 42.58
CIE-L*UV51.17, 6.87, -48.54
xyY0.27, 0.23, 19.41
Hunter-Lab44.06, 16.07, -26.46
RYB52.16%, 43.53%, 68.24%

Color Accessibility Scores

#856FAE on a dark background: contrast 4.88:1, passes WCAG AA.
#856FAE on a light background: contrast 4.30:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

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

Related Palettes

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

Complementary palette

#856FAE · #B7AACF · #59467C · #98AE6F · #C2CFAA

Analogous palette

#6F98AE · #6F79AE · #856FAE · #A56FAE · #AE6F98

Triadic palette

#856FAE · #AE856F · #6FAE85 · #B7AACF · #CFB7AA

Tetradic palette

#856FAE · #AE6F79 · #98AE6F · #6FAEA5 · #59467C

Monochromatic palette

#3D3055 · #604B86 · #856FAE · #AFA0CA · #D8D1E5

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