#56229B#56229B

#56229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.181 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56229B
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.08, 48.55, -56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.08, 74.34, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0816 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.181 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3246, 5.4888, 31.5195)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56229B #679B22

analogous

#222B9B #56229B #93229B

triadic

#56229B #9B5622 #229B56

tetradic

#56229B #9B222B #679B22 #229B93

square

#56229B #9B222B #679B22 #229B93

split-complementary

#56229B #9B9322 #2B9B22

monochromatic

#1E0C37 #3A1769 #56229B #722DCD #935CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#56229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#56229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56229B

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56229B	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.181 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63b9',
    500: '#56229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56229b;
$custom-light: #8d63b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.785,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40205,
    "c": 0.18068,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56229B

secondary

#94C059

accent

#E741A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56229B

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

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