#56117E#56117E

#56117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.167 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56117E
RGB	rgb(86, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 47.96, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 66.51, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.1036 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.167 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8033, 3.8858, 20.0736)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56117E #397E11

analogous

#20117E #56117E #7E116F

triadic

#56117E #7E5611 #117E56

tetradic

#56117E #7E2011 #397E11 #116F7E

square

#56117E #7E2011 #397E11 #116F7E

split-complementary

#56117E #6F7E11 #117E20

monochromatic

#12041B #310A48 #56117E #7B18B4 #9E27E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#56117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#56117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56117E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56117E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.167 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5aa4',
    500: '#56117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56117e;
$custom-light: #8b5aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.982,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36072,
    "c": 0.16711,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56117E

secondary

#65B437

accent

#F3357B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56117E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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