#56228E#56228E

#56228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.166 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56228E
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 45.20, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 67.52, 312.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.085 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.166 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.2911, 5.0754, 26.0761)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56228E #5A8E22

analogous

#22248E #56228E #8C228E

triadic

#56228E #8E5622 #228E56

tetradic

#56228E #8E2224 #5A8E22 #228E8C

square

#56228E #8E2224 #5A8E22 #228E8C

split-complementary

#56228E #8E8C22 #248E22

monochromatic

#1A0A2B #38165D #56228E #742EBF #9354D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#56228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#56228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56228E

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56228E	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.166 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63b0',
    500: '#56228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56228e;
$custom-light: #8b63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39057,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56228E

secondary

#88BA52

accent

#E44397

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56228E

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

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