#56209B#56209B

#56209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.183 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56209B
RGB	rgb(86, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 49.41, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 75.27, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0832 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.183 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.2691, 5.3778, 31.5010)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56209B #659B20

analogous

#20289B #56209B #94209B

triadic

#56209B #9B5620 #209B56

tetradic

#56209B #9B2028 #659B20 #209B94

square

#56209B #9B2028 #659B20 #209B94

split-complementary

#56209B #9B9420 #289B20

monochromatic

#1E0B36 #3A1668 #56209B #722ACE #9359DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#56209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#56209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56209B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56209B	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.183 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62b9',
    500: '#56209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56209b;
$custom-light: #8d62b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.341,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39996,
    "c": 0.18269,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56209B

secondary

#92C156

accent

#E93F9E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56209B

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

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