#56158C#56158C

#56158C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.177 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56158C
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 85%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 49.90, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 72.16, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.0963 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.177 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8384, 4.4082, 25.1911)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56158C #4B8C15

analogous

#1B158C #56158C #8C1587

triadic

#56158C #8C5615 #158C56

tetradic

#56158C #8C1B15 #4B8C15 #15878C

square

#56158C #8C1B15 #4B8C15 #15878C

split-complementary

#56158C #878C15 #158C1B

monochromatic

#150522 #350D57 #56158C #771DC1 #953AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#56158C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#56158C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56158C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56158C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56158C	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56158c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.177 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5daf',
    500: '#56158c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56158c;
$custom-light: #8c5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56158c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.773,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37626,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56158C

secondary

#78C03D

accent

#F1378B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56158C

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

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