#56227A#56227A

#56227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.144 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56227A
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 40.20, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 56.86, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0887 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.144 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9219, 4.5277, 18.8652)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56227A #467A22

analogous

#2A227A #56227A #7A2272

triadic

#56227A #7A5622 #227A56

tetradic

#56227A #7A2A22 #467A22 #22727A

square

#56227A #7A2A22 #467A22 #22727A

split-complementary

#56227A #727A22 #227A2A

monochromatic

#13071A #34154A #56227A #782FAA #974ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#56227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56227A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56227A	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.144 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a1',
    500: '#56227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56227a;
$custom-light: #8962a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56227A

secondary

#73AD4B

accent

#E04886

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56227A

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

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