#56118E#56118E

#56118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.182 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56118E
RGB	rgb(86, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(273, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 51.61, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 74.52, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.0982 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.182 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.9195, 4.3323, 25.9522)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56118E #498E11

analogous

#17118E #56118E #8E1187

triadic

#56118E #8E5611 #118E56

tetradic

#56118E #8E1711 #498E11 #11878E

square

#56118E #8E1711 #498E11 #11878E

split-complementary

#56118E #878E11 #118E17

monochromatic

#140421 #350A57 #56118E #7718C5 #9633E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#56118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#56118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56118E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56118E	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.182 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5bb0',
    500: '#56118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56118e;
$custom-light: #8c5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.12,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3752,
    "c": 0.18232,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56118E

secondary

#76C238

accent

#F5338A

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56118E

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

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