#56168C#56168C

#56168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.176 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56168C
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 49.56, -51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 71.79, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0956 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.176 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8572, 4.4457, 25.1973)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56168C #4C8C16

analogous

#1B168C #56168C #8C1687

triadic

#56168C #8C5616 #168C56

tetradic

#56168C #8C1B16 #4C8C16 #16878C

square

#56168C #8C1B16 #4C8C16 #16878C

split-complementary

#56168C #878C16 #168C1B

monochromatic

#150522 #360E57 #56168C #761EC1 #953CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#56168C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#56168C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56168C

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56168C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56168C	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.176 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5daf',
    500: '#56168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56168c;
$custom-light: #8c5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.542,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37706,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56168C

secondary

#79C03E

accent

#F0388C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56168C

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

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