#56138E#56138E

#56138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.181 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56138E
RGB	rgb(86, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 51.01, -53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 73.87, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0969 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.181 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9519, 4.3971, 25.9631)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56138E #4B8E13

analogous

#19138E #56138E #8E1389

triadic

#56138E #8E5613 #138E56

tetradic

#56138E #8E1913 #4B8E13 #13898E

square

#56138E #8E1913 #4B8E13 #13898E

split-complementary

#56138E #898E13 #138E19

monochromatic

#150522 #350C58 #56138E #771AC4 #9537E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#56138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#56138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56138E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56138E	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.181 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5cb0',
    500: '#56138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56138e;
$custom-light: #8c5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.683,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37659,
    "c": 0.18086,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56138E

secondary

#78C23B

accent

#F3358B

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56138E

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

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