#56168D#56168D

#56168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.177 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56168D
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 49.80, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 72.30, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0953 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.177 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9312, 4.4753, 25.5874)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56168D #4D8D16

analogous

#1B168D #56168D #8D1689

triadic

#56168D #8D5616 #168D56

tetradic

#56168D #8D1B16 #4D8D16 #16898D

square

#56168D #8D1B16 #4D8D16 #16898D

split-complementary

#56168D #898D16 #168D1B

monochromatic

#150523 #360E58 #56168D #761EC2 #953DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#56168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56168D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56168D	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.177 302.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.269,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37797,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56168D

secondary

#7AC13E

accent

#F0388D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56168D

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

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