#56167E#56167E

#56167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.163 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56167E
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 46.28, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 64.66, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0998 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.163 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8898, 4.0587, 20.1024)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56167E #3E7E16

analogous

#22167E #56167E #7E1672

triadic

#56167E #7E5616 #167E56

tetradic

#56167E #7E2216 #3E7E16 #16727E

square

#56167E #7E2216 #3E7E16 #16727E

split-complementary

#56167E #727E16 #167E22

monochromatic

#12051A #320D4A #56167E #7A1FB2 #9B33DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#56167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#56167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56167E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56167E	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.163 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca4',
    500: '#56167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56167e;
$custom-light: #8a5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36472,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56167E

secondary

#6AB33D

accent

#ED3B7F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56167E

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

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