#56229D#56229D

#56229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.183 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56229D
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 49.07, -57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 75.38, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.39% 0.081 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(40.39% 0.183 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4940, 5.5566, 32.4114)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56229D #699D22

analogous

#222B9D #56229D #94229D

triadic

#56229D #9D5622 #229D56

tetradic

#56229D #9D222B #699D22 #229D94

square

#56229D #9D222B #699D22 #229D94

split-complementary

#56229D #9D9422 #2B9D22

monochromatic

#1F0C38 #3A176B #56229D #722DCF #935DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#56229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#56229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56229D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56229D	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.183 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63bb',
    500: '#56229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56229d;
$custom-light: #8d63bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40387,
    "c": 0.18285,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56229D

secondary

#95C15A

accent

#E740A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56229D

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

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