#56198E#56198E

#56198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.176 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56198E
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 48.96, -52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 71.63, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0927 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.176 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0667, 4.6266, 26.0013)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56198E #518E19

analogous

#1B198E #56198E #8E198B

triadic

#56198E #8E5619 #198E56

tetradic

#56198E #8E1B19 #518E19 #198B8E

square

#56198E #8E1B19 #518E19 #198B8E

split-complementary

#56198E #8B8E19 #198E1B

monochromatic

#170726 #36105A #56198E #7622C2 #9443DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#56198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#56198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56198E

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56198E	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.176 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5eb0',
    500: '#56198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56198e;
$custom-light: #8c5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.282,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38144,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56198E

secondary

#7FBF44

accent

#ED3B90

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #56198E

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

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