#56159E#56159E

#56159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.195 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56159E
RGB	rgb(86, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.69, 54.20, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.69, 81.17, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.0898 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.195 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2758, 4.9832, 32.7616)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56159E #5D9E15

analogous

#15199E #56159E #9A159E

triadic

#56159E #9E5615 #159E56

tetradic

#56159E #9E1519 #5D9E15 #159E9A

square

#56159E #9E1519 #5D9E15 #159E9A

split-complementary

#56159E #9E9A15 #199E15

monochromatic

#1B0732 #390E68 #56159E #731CD4 #9347E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#56159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#56159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56159E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56159E	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.195 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ebc',
    500: '#56159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56159e;
$custom-light: #8e5ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.467,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39323,
    "c": 0.19506,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56159E

secondary

#8BC747

accent

#F33599

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #56159E

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

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