#56218C#56218C

#56218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.165 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56218C
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, 45.15, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 66.96, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% 0.0864 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.165 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1141, 4.9595, 25.2830)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56218C #578C21

analogous

#21218C #56218C #8C218C

triadic

#56218C #8C5621 #218C56

tetradic

#56218C #8C2121 #578C21 #218C8C

square

#56218C #8C2121 #578C21 #218C8C

split-complementary

#56218C #8C8C21 #218C21

monochromatic

#190A29 #38155A #56218C #742DBE #9351D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#56218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#56218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56218C

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56218C	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.165 301.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38772,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56218C

secondary

#85B94F

accent

#E54395

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56218C

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

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