#56217E#56217E

#56217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.150 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56217E
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 41.66, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 59.53, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0893 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.15 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1467, 4.5726, 20.1880)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56217E #497E21

analogous

#27217E #56217E #7E2177

triadic

#56217E #7E5621 #217E56

tetradic

#56217E #7E2721 #497E21 #21777E

square

#56217E #7E2721 #497E21 #21777E

split-complementary

#56217E #777E21 #217E27

monochromatic

#14081D #35144E #56217E #772EAE #964AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#56217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56217E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56217E	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.150 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61a4',
    500: '#56217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56217e;
$custom-light: #8a61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.194,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3761,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56217E

secondary

#76B14A

accent

#E24689

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56217E

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