#56157B#56157B

#56157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.161 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56157B
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 45.95, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 63.52, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.1014 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.161 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6803, 3.9450, 19.0919)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56157B #3A7B15

analogous

#23157B #56157B #7B156D

triadic

#56157B #7B5615 #157B56

tetradic

#56157B #7B2315 #3A7B15 #156D7B

square

#56157B #7B2315 #3A7B15 #156D7B

split-complementary

#56157B #6D7B15 #157B23

monochromatic

#12041A #310C47 #56157B #7B1EAF #9D2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#56157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#56157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56157B

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56157B	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#502F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.161 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca2',
    500: '#56157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56157b;
$custom-light: #8a5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.235,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36131,
    "c": 0.16065,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56157B

secondary

#66B03B

accent

#EE3A7B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56157B

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

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