#56178C#56178C

#56178C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.176 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56178C
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 49.21, -51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 71.41, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0949 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.176 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8766, 4.4847, 25.2038)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56178C #4D8C17

analogous

#1C178C #56178C #8C1788

triadic

#56178C #8C5617 #178C56

tetradic

#56178C #8C1C17 #4D8C17 #17888C

square

#56178C #8C1C17 #4D8C17 #17888C

split-complementary

#56178C #888C17 #178C1C

monochromatic

#150623 #360E57 #56178C #7620C1 #953EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#56178C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56178C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56178C

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56178C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56178C	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56178c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.176 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5daf',
    500: '#56178c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56178c;
$custom-light: #8c5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56178c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 71.779,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37789,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56178C

secondary

#7ABF3F

accent

#EF398D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56178C

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

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