#56209D#56209D

#56209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.185 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56209D
RGB	rgb(86, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 49.93, -57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 76.31, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0826 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.185 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4384, 5.4455, 32.3929)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56209D #679D20

analogous

#20289D #56209D #95209D

triadic

#56209D #9D5620 #209D56

tetradic

#56209D #9D2028 #679D20 #209D95

square

#56209D #9D2028 #679D20 #209D95

split-complementary

#56209D #9D9520 #289D20

monochromatic

#1E0B37 #3A166A #56209D #722AD0 #935ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#56209D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#56209D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56209D

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56209D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56209D	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.185 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62bb',
    500: '#56209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56209d;
$custom-light: #8d62bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.92,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4018,
    "c": 0.18483,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56209D

secondary

#94C157

accent

#E93F9F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56209D

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

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