#56137B#56137B

#56137B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.163 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56137B
RGB	rgb(86, 19, 123)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 84.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 46.64, -44.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 64.29, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.103 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.163 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6450, 3.8744, 19.0801)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56137B #387B13

analogous

#22137B #56137B #7B136C

triadic

#56137B #7B5613 #137B56

tetradic

#56137B #7B2213 #387B13 #136C7B

square

#56137B #7B2213 #387B13 #136C7B

split-complementary

#56137B #6C7B13 #137B22

monochromatic

#13041B #310B46 #56137B #7B1BB0 #9E2ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#56137B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#56137B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56137B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56137B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56137B	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56137b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 19, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.163 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba2',
    500: '#56137b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56137b;
$custom-light: #8a5ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56137b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.654,
    "s": 73.239,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35965,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56137B

secondary

#64B139

accent

#F03879

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56137B

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

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