#56188B#56188B

#56188B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.174 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56188B
RGB	rgb(86, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 48.61, -51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 70.50, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0944 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.174 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8235, 4.4958, 24.8240)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56188B #4D8B18

analogous

#1D188B #56188B #8B1887

triadic

#56188B #8B5618 #188B56

tetradic

#56188B #8B1D18 #4D8B18 #18878B

square

#56188B #8B1D18 #4D8B18 #18878B

split-complementary

#56188B #878B18 #188B1D

monochromatic

#150623 #360F57 #56188B #7621BF #953FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#56188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56188B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56188B	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.174 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eae',
    500: '#56188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56188b;
$custom-light: #8b5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.348,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37785,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56188B

secondary

#7ABE40

accent

#ED3A8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56188B

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

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