#56177D#56177D

#56177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.161 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56177D
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 45.68, -44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 63.74, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0992 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.161 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8450, 4.0720, 19.7708)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56177D #3E7D17

analogous

#23177D #56177D #7D1771

triadic

#56177D #7D5617 #177D56

tetradic

#56177D #7D2317 #3E7D17 #17717D

square

#56177D #7D2317 #3E7D17 #17717D

split-complementary

#56177D #717D17 #177D23

monochromatic

#12051A #320D49 #56177D #7A21B1 #9B35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#56177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#56177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56177D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56177D	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.161 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da3',
    500: '#56177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56177d;
$custom-light: #8a5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36476,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56177D

secondary

#6AB23E

accent

#EC3C7F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56177D

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

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