#56168B#56168B

#56168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.175 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56168B
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 49.32, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 71.28, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0959 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.175 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7838, 4.4163, 24.8108)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56168B #4B8B16

analogous

#1C168B #56168B #8B1686

triadic

#56168B #8B5616 #168B56

tetradic

#56168B #8B1C16 #4B8B16 #16868B

square

#56168B #8B1C16 #4B8B16 #16868B

split-complementary

#56168B #868B16 #168B1C

monochromatic

#150521 #350E56 #56168B #771EC0 #953BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#56168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#56168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56168B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56168B	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.175 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5dae',
    500: '#56168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56168b;
$custom-light: #8c5dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.821,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37616,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56168B

secondary

#78BF3E

accent

#EF388B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56168B

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

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