#56117F#56117F

#56117F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.168 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56117F
RGB	rgb(86, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 48.18, -46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 67.01, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.1033 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.168 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8682, 3.9118, 20.4151)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56117F #3A7F11

analogous

#1F117F #56117F #7F1171

triadic

#56117F #7F5611 #117F56

tetradic

#56117F #7F1F11 #3A7F11 #11717F

square

#56117F #7F1F11 #3A7F11 #11717F

split-complementary

#56117F #717F11 #117F1F

monochromatic

#12041B #310A49 #56117F #7B18B5 #9D28E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#56117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#56117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56117F

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56117F	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.168 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5aa5',
    500: '#56117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56117f;
$custom-light: #8b5aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.636,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3616,
    "c": 0.16805,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56117F

secondary

#66B537

accent

#F3357C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56117F

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

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