#56229C#56229C

#56229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.182 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56229C
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(266, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(266, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 48.81, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 74.86, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0813 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.182 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4089, 5.5226, 31.9636)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56229C #689C22

analogous

#222B9C #56229C #93229C

triadic

#56229C #9C5622 #229C56

tetradic

#56229C #9C222B #689C22 #229C93

square

#56229C #9C222B #689C22 #229C93

split-complementary

#56229C #9C9322 #2B9C22

monochromatic

#1F0C38 #3A176A #56229C #722DCE #935DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#56229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#56229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56229C

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56229C	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.182 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63ba',
    500: '#56229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56229c;
$custom-light: #8d63ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.574,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40296,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56229C

secondary

#94C05A

accent

#E741A0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56229C

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

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