#56227D#56227D

#56227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.148 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56227D
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 40.93, -41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 58.47, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% 0.0883 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.148 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1107, 4.6032, 19.8593)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56227D #497D22

analogous

#28227D #56227D #7D2276

triadic

#56227D #7D5622 #227D56

tetradic

#56227D #7D2822 #497D22 #22767D

square

#56227D #7D2822 #497D22 #22767D

split-complementary

#56227D #767D22 #227D28

monochromatic

#14081D #35154D #56227D #772FAD #964BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#56227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56227D

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56227D	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.148 306.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37652,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56227D

secondary

#76B04B

accent

#E04789

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56227D

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

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