#56158E#56158E

#56158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.179 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56158E
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 50.37, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 73.17, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0956 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.179 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9872, 4.4677, 25.9748)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56158E #4D8E15

analogous

#19158E #56158E #8E158A

triadic

#56158E #8E5615 #158E56

tetradic

#56158E #8E1915 #4D8E15 #158A8E

square

#56158E #8E1915 #4D8E15 #158A8E

split-complementary

#56158E #8A8E15 #158E19

monochromatic

#150523 #360D59 #56158E #761DC3 #953BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#56158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#56158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56158E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56158E	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.179 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5db0',
    500: '#56158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56158e;
$custom-light: #8c5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.231,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37809,
    "c": 0.17928,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56158E

secondary

#7AC23D

accent

#F1378D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56158E

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

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