#56227F#56227F

#56227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.150 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56227F
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 41.43, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 59.53, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.088 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.15 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2397, 4.6549, 20.5390)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56227F #4B7F22

analogous

#27227F #56227F #7F227A

triadic

#56227F #7F5622 #227F56

tetradic

#56227F #7F2722 #4B7F22 #227A7F

square

#56227F #7F2722 #4B7F22 #227A7F

split-complementary

#56227F #7A7F22 #227F27

monochromatic

#15081E #35154F #56227F #772FAF #954CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#56227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#56227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56227F

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56227F	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.150 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62a5',
    500: '#56227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56227f;
$custom-light: #8a62a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37811,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56227F

secondary

#78B24B

accent

#E1478B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56227F

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

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