#56198B#56198B

#56198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.173 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56198B
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.38, 48.24, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.38, 70.09, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0937 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.173 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8445, 4.5378, 24.8310)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56198B #4E8B19

analogous

#1D198B #56198B #8B1987

triadic

#56198B #8B5619 #198B56

tetradic

#56198B #8B1D19 #4E8B19 #19878B

square

#56198B #8B1D19 #4E8B19 #19878B

split-complementary

#56198B #878B19 #198B1D

monochromatic

#160623 #361057 #56198B #7622BF #9541DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#56198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56198B

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56198B	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.173 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eae',
    500: '#56198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56198b;
$custom-light: #8b5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.105,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37874,
    "c": 0.17276,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56198B

secondary

#7CBE42

accent

#EC3B8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56198B

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

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