#56157D#56157D

#56157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.163 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56157D
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 46.41, -44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 64.54, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.1009 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.163 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8068, 3.9956, 19.7580)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56157D #3C7D15

analogous

#22157D #56157D #7D1570

triadic

#56157D #7D5615 #157D56

tetradic

#56157D #7D2215 #3C7D15 #15707D

square

#56157D #7D2215 #3C7D15 #15707D

split-complementary

#56157D #707D15 #157D22

monochromatic

#12041A #320C49 #56157D #7A1EB1 #9C30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#56157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#56157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56157D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56157D	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.163 308.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.363,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56157D

secondary

#68B23C

accent

#EE3A7D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56157D

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

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