#56227E#56227E

#56227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.149 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56227E
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 41.18, -42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 59.00, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0882 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.149 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1749, 4.6289, 20.1974)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56227E #4A7E22

analogous

#28227E #56227E #7E2278

triadic

#56227E #7E5622 #227E56

tetradic

#56227E #7E2822 #4A7E22 #22787E

square

#56227E #7E2822 #4A7E22 #22787E

split-complementary

#56227E #787E22 #227E28

monochromatic

#14081E #35154E #56227E #772FAE #964CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#56227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#56227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56227E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56227E	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.149 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62a4',
    500: '#56227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56227e;
$custom-light: #8a62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37731,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56227E

secondary

#77B14B

accent

#E1478A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56227E

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

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