#56236A#56236A

#56236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.125 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56236A
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 35.89, -31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 47.74, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0888 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.125 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0399, 4.2213, 14.0768)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56236A #376A23

analogous

#33236A #56236A #6A235A

triadic

#56236A #6A5623 #236A56

tetradic

#56236A #6A3323 #376A23 #235A6A

square

#56236A #6A3323 #376A23 #235A6A

split-complementary

#56236A #5A6A23 #236A33

monochromatic

#130817 #31143C #56236A #7B3298 #9F46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#56236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#56236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56236A

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56236A	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08376C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.125 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886295',
    500: '#56236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56236a;
$custom-light: #886295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36369,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56236A

secondary

#629D4B

accent

#DA4E75

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56236A

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

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