#56156F#56156F

#56156F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.149 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56156F
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(283, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(283, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 43.28, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 57.42, 318.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.1041 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.149 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9747, 3.6627, 15.3754)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56156F #2E6F15

analogous

#29156F #56156F #6F155B

triadic

#56156F #6F5615 #156F56

tetradic

#56156F #6F2915 #2E6F15 #155B6F

square

#56156F #6F2915 #2E6F15 #155B6F

split-complementary

#56156F #5B6F15 #156F29

monochromatic

#14051A #2E0B3C #56156F #7E1FA2 #A628D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#56156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#56156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56156F

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56156F	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E376D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.149 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b99',
    500: '#56156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56156f;
$custom-light: #895b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3515,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56156F

secondary

#58A53A

accent

#EB3D6D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56156F

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