#56137E#56137E

#56137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.165 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56137E
RGB	rgb(86, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 47.32, -45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 65.81, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.1022 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.165 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8357, 3.9507, 20.0844)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56137E #3B7E13

analogous

#20137E #56137E #7E1370

triadic

#56137E #7E5613 #137E56

tetradic

#56137E #7E2013 #3B7E13 #13707E

square

#56137E #7E2013 #3B7E13 #13707E

split-complementary

#56137E #707E13 #137E20

monochromatic

#12041B #320B49 #56137E #7A1BB3 #9C2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#56137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#56137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56137E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56137E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.165 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ba4',
    500: '#56137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56137e;
$custom-light: #8a5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.57,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36223,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56137E

secondary

#67B439

accent

#F0377D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56137E

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