#856493

sRGB · 133 / 100 / 147

#856493 belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 133 red, 100 green and 147 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 282.1° lands in the violet region. Its 19.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 133, 100, 147
HSL: 282.13°, 19.03%, 48.43%
HSV / HSB: 282.13°, 31.97%, 57.65%
CMYK (approx.): 9.52%, 31.97%, 0.00%, 42.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 19.496, 16.208, 29.706
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.246, 22.263, -20.662
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16207
24-bit decimal: 8742035

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #856493 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 4.95:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#729364 sits half a turn (180°) from #856493 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#856493 #729364

Analogous

#6E6493 and #936489 sit 30° to either side of #856493. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6E6493 #856493 #936489

Triadic

#856493, #938564 and #649385 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#856493 #938564 #649385

Split complementary

Start at #856493 and look across the wheel. #899364 and #64936E sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#856493 #899364 #64936E

Square

Starting with #856493, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #936E64, #729364, then #648993. Across the square, #856493 pairs with #729364, and #936E64 with #648993.

#856493 #936E64 #729364 #648993

Tetradic

#856493 and #729364 are opposites, as are #936472 and #649385. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#856493 #936472 #729364 #649385

Tints

Mixing #856493 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9D83A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7E0E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#856493 #9D83A9 #B6A2BE #CEC1D4 #E7E0E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #856493 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6A5076, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B141D, the mixture is 80% black.

#856493 #6A5076 #503C58 #35283B #1B141D #000000

Tones

Mixing #856493 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #846A8F, keeps 80% of the original. By #817A84, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#856493 #846A8F #836F8B #827588 #817A84 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#856493

RGB

rgb(133 100 147)

HSL

hsl(282.128 19.028% 48.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #856493;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#856493 uses 133 red, 100 green and 147 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 52.2%

Green 39.2%

Blue 57.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #856493 is 9.5% cyan, 32.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 42.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 9.5%

Magenta 32.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 42.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #886699. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #869 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #856493 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #886699 Nearest web-safe · #996699

Gradient to complement

#856493 #826C8B #7F7483 #7C7C7C #788374 #758B6C #729364

Color vision previews

Compare how #856493 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5D6E95

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#657192

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#846A75

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6D6B94

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#706D92

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#846789

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#707070

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#7B6A83

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.23455 G 0.12744 B 0.29177

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.50161 G 0.39731 B 0.56471

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.21553 G 0.13099 B 0.27890

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.298 y 0.248 Y 16.208

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 47.843 M % 60.784 Y % 42.353

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000101 01100100 10010011