#56235C#56235C

#56235C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.110 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56235C
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(294, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 62%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 32.77, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 40.46, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0884 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.11 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3704, 3.9535, 10.5507)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56235C #295C23

analogous

#39235C #56235C #5C2346

triadic

#56235C #5C5623 #235C56

tetradic

#56235C #5C3923 #295C23 #23465C

square

#56235C #5C3923 #295C23 #23465C

split-complementary

#56235C #465C23 #235C39

monochromatic

#150816 #2D1230 #56235C #7F3488 #A945B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#56235C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#56235C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56235C

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56235C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56235C	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19345E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B3A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56235c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.110 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87618a',
    500: '#56235c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56235c;
$custom-light: #87618a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56235c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 44.882,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35452,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56235C

secondary

#52904B

accent

#D55361

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0B050C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56235C

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

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