#56218E#56218E

#56218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.168 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56218E
RGB	rgb(86, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 45.66, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 68.01, 312.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.0859 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.168 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2629, 5.0191, 26.0667)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56218E #598E21

analogous

#21238E #56218E #8D218E

triadic

#56218E #8E5621 #218E56

tetradic

#56218E #8E2123 #598E21 #218E8D

square

#56218E #8E2123 #598E21 #218E8D

split-complementary

#56218E #8E8D21 #238E21

monochromatic

#1A0A2B #38155C #56218E #742DC0 #9352D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#56218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#56218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56218E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56218E	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.168 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62b0',
    500: '#56218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56218e;
$custom-light: #8b62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38945,
    "c": 0.16761,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56218E

secondary

#87BA50

accent

#E54296

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56218E

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

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