#56218B#56218B

#56218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.164 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56218B
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 44.90, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 66.43, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0866 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.164 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0407, 4.9302, 24.8964)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56218B #568B21

analogous

#21218B #56218B #8B218B

triadic

#56218B #8B5621 #218B56

tetradic

#56218B #8B2121 #568B21 #218B8B

square

#56218B #8B2121 #568B21 #218B8B

split-complementary

#56218B #8B8B21 #218B21

monochromatic

#190A28 #37155A #56218B #752DBC #9351D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#56218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#56218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56218B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56218B	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.164 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62ae',
    500: '#56218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56218b;
$custom-light: #8b62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38687,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56218B

secondary

#84B94F

accent

#E54394

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56218B

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

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