#56177E#56177E

#56177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.162 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56177E
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 45.91, -44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 64.25, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.099 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.162 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9092, 4.0977, 20.1089)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56177E #3F7E17

analogous

#23177E #56177E #7E1773

triadic

#56177E #7E5617 #177E56

tetradic

#56177E #7E2317 #3F7E17 #17737E

square

#56177E #7E2317 #3F7E17 #17737E

split-complementary

#56177E #737E17 #177E23

monochromatic

#12051A #330E4A #56177E #7920B2 #9A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#56177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#56177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56177E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56177E	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.162 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da4',
    500: '#56177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56177e;
$custom-light: #8a5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.699,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36561,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56177E

secondary

#6BB33E

accent

#EC3C80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56177E

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

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