#56197C#56197C

#56197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.158 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56197C
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 44.67, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 62.36, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0977 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.158 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8227, 4.1291, 19.4498)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56197C #3F7C19

analogous

#25197C #56197C #7C1971

triadic

#56197C #7C5619 #197C56

tetradic

#56197C #7C2519 #3F7C19 #19717C

square

#56197C #7C2519 #3F7C19 #19717C

split-complementary

#56197C #717C19 #197C25

monochromatic

#120519 #330F49 #56197C #7923AF #9A38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#56197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#56197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56197C

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56197C	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.158 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da3',
    500: '#56197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56197c;
$custom-light: #8a5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.97,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3658,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56197C

secondary

#6BB040

accent

#E93E80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56197C

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

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