#56178D#56178D

#56178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.177 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56178D
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 49.45, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 71.91, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0945 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.177 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9507, 4.5143, 25.5939)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56178D #4E8D17

analogous

#1B178D #56178D #8D1789

triadic

#56178D #8D5617 #178D56

tetradic

#56178D #8D1B17 #4E8D17 #17898D

square

#56178D #8D1B17 #4E8D17 #17898D

split-complementary

#56178D #898D17 #178D1B

monochromatic

#160624 #360E58 #56178D #7620C2 #953FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#56178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56178D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56178D	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.177 302.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.034,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3788,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56178D

secondary

#7CC040

accent

#EF398E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56178D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →