#56228D#56228D

#56228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.165 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56228D
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 44.95, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 66.99, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.0852 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.165 301)
XYZ	xyz(9.2163, 5.0455, 25.6825)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56228D #598D22

analogous

#22238D #56228D #8C228D

triadic

#56228D #8D5622 #228D56

tetradic

#56228D #8D2223 #598D22 #228D8C

square

#56228D #8D2223 #598D22 #228D8C

split-complementary

#56228D #8D8C22 #238D22

monochromatic

#1A0A2A #38165C #56228D #742EBE #9354D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#56228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#56228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56228D

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56228D	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.165 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63af',
    500: '#56228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56228d;
$custom-light: #8b63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.159,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38971,
    "c": 0.16539,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.05046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56228D

secondary

#87B951

accent

#E44496

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56228D

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

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