#56208B#56208B

#56208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.165 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56208B
RGB	rgb(86, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 45.35, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 66.93, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.0876 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.165 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0133, 4.8755, 24.8873)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56208B #558B20

analogous

#20208B #56208B #8B208A

triadic

#56208B #8B5620 #208B56

tetradic

#56208B #8B2020 #558B20 #208A8B

square

#56208B #8B2020 #558B20 #208A8B

split-complementary

#56208B #8A8B20 #208B20

monochromatic

#180928 #371559 #56208B #752BBD #934FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#56208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#56208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56208B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56208B	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.165 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b61ae',
    500: '#56208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56208b;
$custom-light: #8b61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.28,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38575,
    "c": 0.16549,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56208B

secondary

#83BA4D

accent

#E64293

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56208B

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

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