#56197B#56197B

#56197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.157 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56197B
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 44.44, -43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 61.84, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0979 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.157 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7598, 4.1039, 19.1184)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56197B #3E7B19

analogous

#25197B #56197B #7B196F

triadic

#56197B #7B5619 #197B56

tetradic

#56197B #7B2519 #3E7B19 #196F7B

square

#56197B #7B2519 #3E7B19 #196F7B

split-complementary

#56197B #6F7B19 #197B25

monochromatic

#120519 #320F48 #56197B #7A23AE #9B38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#56197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#56197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56197B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56197B	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.157 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da2',
    500: '#56197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56197b;
$custom-light: #8a5da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.347,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36497,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56197B

secondary

#6AAF40

accent

#E93F7F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56197B

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

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