#56157C#56157C

#56157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.162 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56157C
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 46.18, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 64.03, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.1012 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.162 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7433, 3.9701, 19.4233)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56157C #3B7C15

analogous

#22157C #56157C #7C156E

triadic

#56157C #7C5615 #157C56

tetradic

#56157C #7C2215 #3B7C15 #156E7C

square

#56157C #7C2215 #3B7C15 #156E7C

split-complementary

#56157C #6E7C15 #157C22

monochromatic

#12041A #320C48 #56157C #7A1EB0 #9C30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#56157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#56157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56157C

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56157C	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.162 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca3',
    500: '#56157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56157c;
$custom-light: #8a5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.864,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36215,
    "c": 0.16162,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56157C

secondary

#67B13C

accent

#EE3A7C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56157C

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

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