#56217F#56217F

#56217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.151 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56217F
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 41.90, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 60.06, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0891 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.151 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2115, 4.5985, 20.5296)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56217F #4A7F21

analogous

#27217F #56217F #7F2179

triadic

#56217F #7F5621 #217F56

tetradic

#56217F #7F2721 #4A7F21 #21797F

square

#56217F #7F2721 #4A7F21 #21797F

split-complementary

#56217F #797F21 #217F27

monochromatic

#14081E #35144E #56217F #772EB0 #964AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#56217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56217F

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56217F	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.151 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a61a5',
    500: '#56217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56217f;
$custom-light: #8a61a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37691,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56217F

secondary

#77B24A

accent

#E2468A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56217F

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

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