#56178E#56178E

#56178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.178 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56178E
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 49.69, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 72.42, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0942 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.178 302)
XYZ	xyz(9.0254, 4.5442, 25.9876)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56178E #4F8E17

analogous

#1B178E #56178E #8E178A

triadic

#56178E #8E5617 #178E56

tetradic

#56178E #8E1B17 #4F8E17 #178A8E

square

#56178E #8E1B17 #4F8E17 #178A8E

split-complementary

#56178E #8A8E17 #178E1B

monochromatic

#160625 #360E59 #56178E #7620C3 #943FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#56178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56178E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56178E	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.178 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb0',
    500: '#56178e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56178e;
$custom-light: #8c5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37971,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56178E

secondary

#7DC040

accent

#EF398F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56178E

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

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