#56199C#56199C

#56199C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.190 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56199C
RGB	rgb(86, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 52.38, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 78.73, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.088 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.19 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1846, 5.0738, 31.8888)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56199C #5F9C19

analogous

#191D9C #56199C #97199C

triadic

#56199C #9C5619 #199C56

tetradic

#56199C #9C191D #5F9C19 #199C97

square

#56199C #9C191D #5F9C19 #199C97

split-complementary

#56199C #9C9719 #1D9C19

monochromatic

#1C0833 #391167 #56199C #7321D1 #934DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#56199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#56199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56199C

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56199C	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.190 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fba',
    500: '#56199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56199c;
$custom-light: #8d5fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.939,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39441,
    "c": 0.19002,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56199C

secondary

#8DC44C

accent

#EF399A

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #56199C

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

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