#56218A#56218A

#56218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.163 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56218A
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 44.65, -48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 65.90, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0868 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.163 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.9680, 4.9011, 24.5134)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56218A #558A21

analogous

#21218A #56218A #8A2189

triadic

#56218A #8A5621 #218A56

tetradic

#56218A #8A2121 #558A21 #21898A

square

#56218A #8A2121 #558A21 #21898A

split-complementary

#56218A #898A21 #218A21

monochromatic

#180927 #371559 #56218A #752DBB #9350D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#56218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#56218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56218A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56218A	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.163 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62ad',
    500: '#56218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56218a;
$custom-light: #8b62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38601,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56218A

secondary

#83B94E

accent

#E54393

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56218A

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

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