#56217C#56217C

#56217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.148 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56217C
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 41.17, -41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 58.46, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.0896 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.148 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0189, 4.5215, 19.5152)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56217C #477C21

analogous

#28217C #56217C #7C2174

triadic

#56217C #7C5621 #217C56

tetradic

#56217C #7C2821 #477C21 #21747C

square

#56217C #7C2821 #477C21 #21747C

split-complementary

#56217C #747C21 #217C28

monochromatic

#13071B #34144C #56217C #782EAC #9749CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#56217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#56217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56217C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56217C	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.148 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8961a3',
    500: '#56217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56217c;
$custom-light: #8961a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.945,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37451,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56217C

secondary

#74AF4A

accent

#E14787

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56217C

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

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