#56157F#56157F

#56157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.165 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56157F
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 46.87, -45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 65.56, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.1003 -0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.165 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9359, 4.0472, 20.4377)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56157F #3E7F15

analogous

#21157F #56157F #7F1573

triadic

#56157F #7F5615 #157F56

tetradic

#56157F #7F2115 #3E7F15 #15737F

square

#56157F #7F2115 #3E7F15 #15737F

split-complementary

#56157F #737F15 #157F21

monochromatic

#12041A #320C4A #56157F #7A1EB4 #9B31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#56157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#56157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56157F

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56157F	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.165 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca5',
    500: '#56157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56157f;
$custom-light: #8a5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.792,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36472,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56157F

secondary

#6AB43C

accent

#EE397F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56157F

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

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