#56198C#56198C

#56198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.174 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56198C
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 48.48, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 70.61, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0933 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.174 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9179, 4.5671, 25.2176)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56198C #4F8C19

analogous

#1C198C #56198C #8C1989

triadic

#56198C #8C5619 #198C56

tetradic

#56198C #8C1C19 #4F8C19 #19898C

square

#56198C #8C1C19 #4F8C19 #19898C

split-complementary

#56198C #898C19 #198C1C

monochromatic

#160624 #361058 #56198C #7622C0 #9442DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#56198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56198C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56198C	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.174 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5eaf',
    500: '#56198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56198c;
$custom-light: #8b5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.826,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37964,
    "c": 0.17378,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56198C

secondary

#7DBE43

accent

#ED3B8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56198C

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

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