#56216F#56216F

#56216F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.134 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56216F
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(281, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 38.06, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 51.54, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0911 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.134 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2503, 4.2141, 15.4673)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56216F #3A6F21

analogous

#2F216F #56216F #6F2161

triadic

#56216F #6F5621 #216F56

tetradic

#56216F #6F2F21 #3A6F21 #21616F

square

#56216F #6F2F21 #3A6F21 #21616F

split-complementary

#56216F #616F21 #216F2F

monochromatic

#120718 #311340 #56216F #7B2F9E #9D43C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#56216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#56216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56216F

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56216F	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.134 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896199',
    500: '#56216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56216f;
$custom-light: #896199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36462,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56216F

secondary

#66A349

accent

#DE4A79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56216F

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

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