#56217D#56217D

#56217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.149 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56217D
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 41.41, -42.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 59.00, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0894 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.149 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0825, 4.5469, 19.8499)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56217D #487D21

analogous

#28217D #56217D #7D2176

triadic

#56217D #7D5621 #217D56

tetradic

#56217D #7D2821 #487D21 #21767D

square

#56217D #7D2821 #487D21 #21767D

split-complementary

#56217D #767D21 #217D28

monochromatic

#13071C #35144D #56217D #772EAD #9649CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#56217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56217D

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56217D	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.149 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61a3',
    500: '#56217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56217d;
$custom-light: #8a61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.565,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37531,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56217D

secondary

#75B04A

accent

#E14688

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56217D

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

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