#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
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 46.64, -45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 65.05, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.1006 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.164 308)
XYZ	xyz(7.8710, 4.0212, 20.0961)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.45

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##56157E	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56157E

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

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