#56166C#56166C

#56166C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.145 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56166C
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(285, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 42.25, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 55.47, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.1037 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.145 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8310, 3.6352, 14.5263)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56166C #2C6C16

analogous

#2B166C #56166C #6C1657

triadic

#56166C #6C5616 #166C56

tetradic

#56166C #6C2B16 #2C6C16 #16576C

square

#56166C #6C2B16 #2C6C16 #16576C

split-complementary

#56166C #576C16 #166C2B

monochromatic

#140519 #2E0C39 #56166C #7E209F #A72BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#56166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#56166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56166C

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56166C	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14376A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.145 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b97',
    500: '#56166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56166c;
$custom-light: #895b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.651,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3501,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56166C

secondary

#56A23C

accent

#E93F6A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56166C

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

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