#56166E#56166E

#56166E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.147 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56166E
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(284, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 42.68, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 56.48, 319.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.1034 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.147 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9387, 3.6783, 15.0933)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56166E #2E6E16

analogous

#2A166E #56166E #6E165A

triadic

#56166E #6E5616 #166E56

tetradic

#56166E #6E2A16 #2E6E16 #165A6E

square

#56166E #6E2A16 #2E6E16 #165A6E

split-complementary

#56166E #5A6E16 #166E2A

monochromatic

#14051A #2E0C3B #56166E #7E20A1 #A62AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#56166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#56166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56166E

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56166E	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11376C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.147 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b98',
    500: '#56166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56166e;
$custom-light: #895b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35165,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56166E

secondary

#58A43C

accent

#EA3E6D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56166E

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

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