#56227C#56227C

#56227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.147 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56227C
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 40.69, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 57.93, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.0885 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.147 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0471, 4.5778, 19.5246)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56227C #487C22

analogous

#29227C #56227C #7C2275

triadic

#56227C #7C5622 #227C56

tetradic

#56227C #7C2922 #487C22 #22757C

square

#56227C #7C2922 #487C22 #22757C

split-complementary

#56227C #757C22 #227C29

monochromatic

#13081C #35154C #56227C #772FAC #964BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#56227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56227C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56227C	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.147 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a3',
    500: '#56227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56227c;
$custom-light: #8962a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37573,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56227C

secondary

#75AF4B

accent

#E04888

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56227C

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

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