#56188E#56188E

#56188E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.177 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56188E
RGB	rgb(86, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 49.33, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 72.03, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0935 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.177 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0457, 4.5847, 25.9943)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56188E #508E18

analogous

#1B188E #56188E #8E188B

triadic

#56188E #8E5618 #188E56

tetradic

#56188E #8E1B18 #508E18 #188B8E

square

#56188E #8E1B18 #508E18 #188B8E

split-complementary

#56188E #8B8E18 #188E1B

monochromatic

#170625 #360F5A #56188E #7621C2 #9441DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#56188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56188E

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56188E	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.177 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb0',
    500: '#56188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56188e;
$custom-light: #8c5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38056,
    "c": 0.17672,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56188E

secondary

#7EC042

accent

#EE3A8F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56188E

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

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