#56218D#56218D

#56218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.167 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56218D
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 45.41, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 67.49, 312.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.0861 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.167 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1882, 4.9892, 25.6731)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56218D #588D21

analogous

#21228D #56218D #8C218D

triadic

#56218D #8D5621 #218D56

tetradic

#56218D #8D2122 #588D21 #218D8C

square

#56218D #8D2122 #588D21 #218D8C

split-complementary

#56218D #8D8C21 #228D21

monochromatic

#1A0A2A #38155B #56218D #742DBF #9352D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#56218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#56218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56218D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56218D	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.167 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62af',
    500: '#56218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56218d;
$custom-light: #8b62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38858,
    "c": 0.16653,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56218D

secondary

#86BA50

accent

#E54395

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56218D

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

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