#56197D#56197D

#56197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.159 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56197D
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 44.91, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 62.88, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0975 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.159 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8863, 4.1545, 19.7845)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56197D #407D19

analogous

#24197D #56197D #7D1972

triadic

#56197D #7D5619 #197D56

tetradic

#56197D #7D2419 #407D19 #19727D

square

#56197D #7D2419 #407D19 #19727D

split-complementary

#56197D #727D19 #197D24

monochromatic

#12051A #330F4A #56197D #7923B0 #9A39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#56197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#56197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56197D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56197D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.159 307.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36664,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56197D

secondary

#6CB140

accent

#EA3E81

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56197D

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

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