#56197E#56197E

#56197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.160 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56197E
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 45.14, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 63.40, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0972 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.16 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9505, 4.1802, 20.1226)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56197E #417E19

analogous

#24197E #56197E #7E1973

triadic

#56197E #7E5619 #197E56

tetradic

#56197E #7E2419 #417E19 #19737E

square

#56197E #7E2419 #417E19 #19737E

split-complementary

#56197E #737E19 #197E24

monochromatic

#11051A #330F4B #56197E #7923B1 #993AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#56197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#56197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56197E

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56197E	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.160 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da4',
    500: '#56197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56197e;
$custom-light: #8a5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.238,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36747,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56197E

secondary

#6EB241

accent

#EA3E82

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56197E

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