#56176B#56176B

#56176B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.143 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56176B
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(285, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 41.64, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 54.52, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.1029 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.143 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7976, 3.6530, 14.2541)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56176B #2C6B17

analogous

#2C176B #56176B #6B1756

triadic

#56176B #6B5617 #176B56

tetradic

#56176B #6B2C17 #2C6B17 #17566B

square

#56176B #6B2C17 #2C6B17 #17566B

split-complementary

#56176B #566B17 #176B2C

monochromatic

#140519 #2E0C39 #56176B #7E229D #A72DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#56176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#56176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56176B

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56176B	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.143 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c96',
    500: '#56176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56176b;
$custom-light: #895c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35031,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56176B

secondary

#56A13D

accent

#E8406A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56176B

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

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