#56177A#56177A

#56177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.158 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56177A
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 44.99, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 62.20, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.1 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.158 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6563, 3.9965, 18.7767)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56177A #3B7A17

analogous

#24177A #56177A #7A176C

triadic

#56177A #7A5617 #177A56

tetradic

#56177A #7A2417 #3B7A17 #176C7A

square

#56177A #7A2417 #3B7A17 #176C7A

split-complementary

#56177A #6C7A17 #177A24

monochromatic

#12051A #320D47 #56177A #7A21AD #9C33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#56177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#56177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56177A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56177A	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.158 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca1',
    500: '#56177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56177a;
$custom-light: #8a5ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36225,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56177A

secondary

#67AF3E

accent

#EB3D7C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56177A

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

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