#56178A#56178A

#56178A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.174 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56178A
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 48.73, -50.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 70.39, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0955 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.174 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7305, 4.4262, 24.4342)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56178A #4B8A17

analogous

#1D178A #56178A #8A1785

triadic

#56178A #8A5617 #178A56

tetradic

#56178A #8A1D17 #4B8A17 #17858A

square

#56178A #8A1D17 #4B8A17 #17858A

split-complementary

#56178A #858A17 #178A1D

monochromatic

#150621 #350E56 #56178A #7720BE #953DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#56178A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#56178A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56178A

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56178A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56178A	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56178a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.174 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5dad',
    500: '#56178a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56178a;
$custom-light: #8b5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56178a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.87,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37609,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56178A

secondary

#78BE3F

accent

#EE3A8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56178A

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

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