#56196D#56196D

#56196D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.142 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56196D
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(284, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(284, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 41.26, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 54.62, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.1005 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.142 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9452, 3.7781, 14.8284)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56196D #306D19

analogous

#2C196D #56196D #6D195A

triadic

#56196D #6D5619 #196D56

tetradic

#56196D #6D2C19 #306D19 #195A6D

square

#56196D #6D2C19 #306D19 #195A6D

split-complementary

#56196D #5A6D19 #196D2C

monochromatic

#140619 #2F0E3B #56196D #7D249F #A431D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#56196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#56196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56196D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56196D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15386B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#542B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.142 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895d97',
    500: '#56196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56196d;
$custom-light: #895d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.571,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35385,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56196D

secondary

#5AA23F

accent

#E6426F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56196D

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

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