#56137C#56137C

#56137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.163 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56137C
RGB	rgb(86, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 46.87, -44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 64.80, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.1027 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.163 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7080, 3.8996, 19.4115)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56137C #397C13

analogous

#22137C #56137C #7C136D

triadic

#56137C #7C5613 #137C56

tetradic

#56137C #7C2213 #397C13 #136D7C

square

#56137C #7C2213 #397C13 #136D7C

split-complementary

#56137C #6D7C13 #137C22

monochromatic

#12041B #310B47 #56137C #7B1BB1 #9E2BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#56137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#56137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56137C

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56137C	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.163 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba3',
    500: '#56137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56137c;
$custom-light: #8a5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.286,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36051,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56137C

secondary

#65B239

accent

#F0387A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56137C

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

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