#56198D#56198D

#56198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.175 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56198D
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 48.72, -51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 71.12, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.093 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.175 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9919, 4.5967, 25.6077)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56198D #508D19

analogous

#1C198D #56198D #8D198A

triadic

#56198D #8D5619 #198D56

tetradic

#56198D #8D1C19 #508D19 #198A8D

square

#56198D #8D1C19 #508D19 #198A8D

split-complementary

#56198D #8A8D19 #198D1C

monochromatic

#170725 #361059 #56198D #7622C1 #9443DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#56198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56198D

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56198D	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.175 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eaf',
    500: '#56198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56198d;
$custom-light: #8c5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.552,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38053,
    "c": 0.17478,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56198D

secondary

#7EBF43

accent

#ED3B8F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56198D

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

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