#56228A#56228A

#56228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.162 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56228A
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 44.19, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 65.40, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0859 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.162 302)
XYZ	xyz(8.9961, 4.9574, 24.5228)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56228A #568A22

analogous

#22228A #56228A #8A228A

triadic

#56228A #8A5622 #228A56

tetradic

#56228A #8A2222 #568A22 #228A8A

square

#56228A #8A2222 #568A22 #228A8A

split-complementary

#56228A #8A8A22 #228A22

monochromatic

#190A28 #371659 #56228A #752EBB #9352D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#56228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#56228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56228A

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56228A	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.162 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62ad',
    500: '#56228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56228a;
$custom-light: #8b62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38716,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56228A

secondary

#84B850

accent

#E44494

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56228A

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

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