#56227B#56227B

#56227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.146 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56227B
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.42, 40.44, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.42, 57.39, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0886 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.146 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9842, 4.5527, 19.1932)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56227B #477B22

analogous

#29227B #56227B #7B2273

triadic

#56227B #7B5622 #227B56

tetradic

#56227B #7B2922 #477B22 #22737B

square

#56227B #7B2922 #477B22 #22737B

split-complementary

#56227B #737B22 #227B29

monochromatic

#13071B #34154B #56227B #782FAB #974ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.99

#56227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#56227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56227B

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56227B	1.00	10.99	1.91	10.99
#FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.146 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a2',
    500: '#56227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56227b;
$custom-light: #8962a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.056,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37494,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56227B

secondary

#74AE4B

accent

#E04887

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56227B

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

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