#56197A#56197A

#56197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.156 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56197A
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 44.21, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 61.33, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0981 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.156 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6975, 4.0790, 18.7904)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56197A #3D7A19

analogous

#26197A #56197A #7A196E

triadic

#56197A #7A5619 #197A56

tetradic

#56197A #7A2619 #3D7A19 #196E7A

square

#56197A #7A2619 #3D7A19 #196E7A

split-complementary

#56197A #6E7A19 #197A26

monochromatic

#120519 #320F47 #56197A #7A23AD #9B37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#56197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#56197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56197A

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56197A	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.156 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da1',
    500: '#56197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56197a;
$custom-light: #8a5da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.732,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36415,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56197A

secondary

#69AF40

accent

#E93F7E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56197A

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

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