#56228B#56228B

#56228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.163 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56228B
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 44.44, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 65.93, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0856 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.163 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0689, 4.9865, 24.9058)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56228B #578B22

analogous

#22238B #56228B #8B228B

triadic

#56228B #8B5622 #228B56

tetradic

#56228B #8B2223 #578B22 #228B8B

square

#56228B #8B2223 #578B22 #228B8B

split-complementary

#56228B #8B8B22 #238B22

monochromatic

#190A29 #38165A #56228B #742EBC #9353D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#56228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#56228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56228B

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56228B	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.163 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b62ae',
    500: '#56228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56228b;
$custom-light: #8b62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.388,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56228B

secondary

#85B850

accent

#E44495

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56228B

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

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