#56178F#56178F

#56178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.179 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56178F
RGB	rgb(86, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 49.93, -53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 72.93, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0939 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.179 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1009, 4.5743, 26.3847)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56178F #508F17

analogous

#1A178F #56178F #8F178C

triadic

#56178F #8F5617 #178F56

tetradic

#56178F #8F1A17 #508F17 #178C8F

square

#56178F #8F1A17 #508F17 #178C8F

split-complementary

#56178F #8C8F17 #178F1A

monochromatic

#170626 #360F5A #56178F #761FC4 #9440E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#56178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56178F

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56178F	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.179 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb1',
    500: '#56178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56178f;
$custom-light: #8c5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38062,
    "c": 0.1786,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56178F

secondary

#7EC141

accent

#EF398F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56178F

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

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