#56196B#56196B

#56196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.140 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56196B
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(285, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 40.82, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 53.59, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.1008 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.14 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8388, 3.7355, 14.2678)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56196B #2E6B19

analogous

#2D196B #56196B #6B1957

triadic

#56196B #6B5619 #196B56

tetradic

#56196B #6B2D19 #2E6B19 #19576B

square

#56196B #6B2D19 #2E6B19 #19576B

split-complementary

#56196B #576B19 #196B2D

monochromatic

#140619 #2E0D39 #56196B #7E259D #A630CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#56196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#56196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56196B

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56196B	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.140 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c96',
    500: '#56196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56196b;
$custom-light: #895c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.634,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35235,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56196B

secondary

#58A13F

accent

#E5436C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56196B

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

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