#56157E#56157E

#56157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.164 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56157E
RGBrgb(86, 21, 126)
HSLhsl(277, 71%, 29%)
HSVhsv(277, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(31.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(23.74, 46.64, -45.35)
CIE-LCHlch(23.74, 65.05, 315.80°)
OKLaboklab(36.39% 0.1006 -0.129)
OKLCHoklch(36.39% 0.164 308)
XYZxyz(7.8710, 4.0212, 20.0961)
Luminance0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56157E #3D7E15
analogous
#22157E #56157E #7E1572
triadic
#56157E #7E5615 #157E56
tetradic
#56157E #7E2215 #3D7E15 #15727E
square
#56157E #7E2215 #3D7E15 #15727E
split-complementary
#56157E #727E15 #157E22
monochromatic
#12041A #320C4A #56157E #7A1EB2 #9B31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64
#56157E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80
#56157E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56157E
11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56157E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##56157E1.0011.641.8011.64
#FFFFFF11.641.0021.001.00
#0000001.8021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.641.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003681
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00397C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4F314A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.164 308.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca4',
    500: '#56157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56157e;
$custom-light: #8a5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36386,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56157E
secondary
#69B33C
accent
#EE3A7E
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#F0E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0C040F
muted
#7D797F

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#56157E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva