#56217B#56217B

#56217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.147 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56217B
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.25, 40.92, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.25, 57.93, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.0897 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.147 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9560, 4.4963, 19.1838)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56217B #467B21

analogous

#29217B #56217B #7B2173

triadic

#56217B #7B5621 #217B56

tetradic

#56217B #7B2921 #467B21 #21737B

square

#56217B #7B2921 #467B21 #21737B

split-complementary

#56217B #737B21 #217B29

monochromatic

#13071A #34144B #56217B #782EAB #9748CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#56217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56217B

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56217B	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.147 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a2',
    500: '#56217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56217b;
$custom-light: #8961a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37372,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56217B

secondary

#73AE4A

accent

#E14786

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56217B

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

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