#56229E#56229E

#56229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.184 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56229E
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.6%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 49.33, -57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 75.90, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0807 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.184 296)
XYZ	xyz(10.5797, 5.5909, 32.8629)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56229E #6A9E22

analogous

#222C9E #56229E #94229E

triadic

#56229E #9E5622 #229E56

tetradic

#56229E #9E222C #6A9E22 #229E94

square

#56229E #9E222C #6A9E22 #229E94

split-complementary

#56229E #9E9422 #2C9E22

monochromatic

#1F0C39 #3B176C #56229E #712DD0 #935EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#56229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#56229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56229E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56229E	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.184 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63bc',
    500: '#56229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56229e;
$custom-light: #8d63bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40478,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56229E

secondary

#96C15B

accent

#E840A1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #56229E

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

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