#56177B#56177B

#56177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.159 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56177B
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 45.22, -43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 62.71, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0997 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.159 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7186, 4.0214, 19.1047)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56177B #3C7B17

analogous

#24177B #56177B #7B176E

triadic

#56177B #7B5617 #177B56

tetradic

#56177B #7B2417 #3C7B17 #176E7B

square

#56177B #7B2417 #3C7B17 #176E7B

split-complementary

#56177B #6E7B17 #177B24

monochromatic

#12051A #320D47 #56177B #7A21AF #9C33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#56177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#56177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56177B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56177B	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.159 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca2',
    500: '#56177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56177b;
$custom-light: #8a5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.8,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36308,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56177B

secondary

#68B03E

accent

#EB3C7D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56177B

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

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