#56157A#56157A

#56157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.160 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56157A
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 45.73, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 63.01, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.1017 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.16 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6181, 3.9201, 18.7639)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56157A #397A15

analogous

#24157A #56157A #7A156B

triadic

#56157A #7A5615 #157A56

tetradic

#56157A #7A2415 #397A15 #156B7A

square

#56157A #7A2415 #397A15 #156B7A

split-complementary

#56157A #6B7A15 #157A24

monochromatic

#12041A #310C46 #56157A #7B1EAE #9E2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#56157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#56157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56157A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56157A	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#512F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.160 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca1',
    500: '#56157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56157a;
$custom-light: #8a5ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.614,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36046,
    "c": 0.15967,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56157A

secondary

#65AF3B

accent

#ED3A7A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56157A

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

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