#56197F#56197F

#56197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.161 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56197F
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 45.38, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 63.91, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.097 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.161 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0153, 4.2061, 20.4642)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56197F #427F19

analogous

#23197F #56197F #7F1975

triadic

#56197F #7F5619 #197F56

tetradic

#56197F #7F2319 #427F19 #19757F

square

#56197F #7F2319 #427F19 #19757F

split-complementary

#56197F #757F19 #197F23

monochromatic

#11051A #330F4C #56197F #7923B2 #993AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#56197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#56197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56197F

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56197F	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.161 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5da5',
    500: '#56197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56197f;
$custom-light: #8a5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.882,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36832,
    "c": 0.16058,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56197F

secondary

#6FB341

accent

#EA3E83

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56197F

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

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