#56168E#56168E

#56168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.178 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56168E
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.28, 50.03, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.28, 72.80, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0949 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.178 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0060, 4.5052, 25.9811)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56168E #4E8E16

analogous

#1A168E #56168E #8E168A

triadic

#56168E #8E5616 #168E56

tetradic

#56168E #8E1A16 #4E8E16 #168A8E

square

#56168E #8E1A16 #4E8E16 #168A8E

split-complementary

#56168E #8A8E16 #168E1A

monochromatic

#160624 #360E59 #56168E #761EC3 #953DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#56168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56168E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56168E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.178 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5db0',
    500: '#56168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56168e;
$custom-light: #8c5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37889,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56168E

secondary

#7CC13F

accent

#F0388E

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56168E

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

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