#56156C#56156C

#56156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.146 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56156C
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(285, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 42.63, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 55.90, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.1047 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.146 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8123, 3.5977, 14.5200)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56156C #2B6C15

analogous

#2B156C #56156C #6C1556

triadic

#56156C #6C5615 #156C56

tetradic

#56156C #6C2B15 #2B6C15 #15566C

square

#56156C #6C2B15 #2B6C15 #15566C

split-complementary

#56156C #566C15 #156C2B

monochromatic

#14051A #2D0B39 #56156C #7F1F9F #A829D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#56156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#56156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56156C

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56156C	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.146 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b97',
    500: '#56156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56156c;
$custom-light: #895b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.828,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34916,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56156C

secondary

#55A33A

accent

#EA3D69

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56156C

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

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