#56228C#56228C

#56228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.164 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56228C
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 44.69, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 66.46, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.0854 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.164 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1423, 5.0159, 25.2924)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56228C #588C22

analogous

#22238C #56228C #8B228C

triadic

#56228C #8C5622 #228C56

tetradic

#56228C #8C2223 #588C22 #228C8B

square

#56228C #8C2223 #588C22 #228C8B

split-complementary

#56228C #8C8B22 #238C22

monochromatic

#1A0A2A #38165B #56228C #742EBD #9353D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#56228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#56228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56228C

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56228C	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.164 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63ae',
    500: '#56228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56228c;
$custom-light: #8b63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.434,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38886,
    "c": 0.16429,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56228C

secondary

#86B951

accent

#E44495

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56228C

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

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