#56156E#56156E

#56156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.148 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56156E
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(284, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 43.06, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 56.91, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.1043 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.148 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9199, 3.6408, 15.0871)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56156E #2D6E15

analogous

#29156E #56156E #6E1559

triadic

#56156E #6E5615 #156E56

tetradic

#56156E #6E2915 #2D6E15 #15596E

square

#56156E #6E2915 #2D6E15 #15596E

split-complementary

#56156E #596E15 #156E29

monochromatic

#14051A #2E0B3B #56156E #7E1FA1 #A629D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#56156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#56156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56156E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56156E	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.148 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b98',
    500: '#56156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56156e;
$custom-light: #895b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.82,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35072,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56156E

secondary

#57A43A

accent

#EB3D6C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56156E

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

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