#56156B#56156B

#56156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.145 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56156B
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 42.42, -35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 55.39, 319.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.1048 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.145 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7593, 3.5766, 14.2414)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56156B #2A6B15

analogous

#2B156B #56156B #6B1555

triadic

#56156B #6B5615 #156B56

tetradic

#56156B #6B2B15 #2A6B15 #15556B

square

#56156B #6B2B15 #2A6B15 #15556B

split-complementary

#56156B #556B15 #156B2B

monochromatic

#15051A #2D0B38 #56156B #7F1F9E #A829D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#56156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#56156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56156B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56156B	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.145 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b96',
    500: '#56156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56156b;
$custom-light: #895b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.349,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34839,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56156B

secondary

#53A23A

accent

#EA3E68

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56156B

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

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