#56156A#56156A

#56156A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.144 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56156A
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(286, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 42.20, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 54.89, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.105 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.144 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7070, 3.5557, 13.9659)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56156A #296A15

analogous

#2B156A #56156A #6A1554

triadic

#56156A #6A5615 #156A56

tetradic

#56156A #6A2B15 #296A15 #15546A

square

#56156A #6A2B15 #296A15 #15546A

split-complementary

#56156A #546A15 #156A2B

monochromatic

#15051A #2D0B37 #56156A #7F1F9D #A929D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#56156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#56156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56156A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56156A	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.144 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b95',
    500: '#56156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56156a;
$custom-light: #895b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34763,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56156A

secondary

#52A13A

accent

#EA3E66

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56156A

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

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