#56237A#56237A

#56237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.143 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56237A
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(275, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 39.71, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 56.31, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0876 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.143 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9509, 4.5857, 18.8749)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56237A #477A23

analogous

#2A237A #56237A #7A2372

triadic

#56237A #7A5623 #237A56

tetradic

#56237A #7A2A23 #477A23 #23727A

square

#56237A #7A2A23 #477A23 #23727A

split-complementary

#56237A #727A23 #237A2A

monochromatic

#13081B #34154A #56237A #7831AA #974CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#56237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56237A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56237A	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.143 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a1',
    500: '#56237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56237a;
$custom-light: #8962a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37542,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56237A

secondary

#74AD4C

accent

#DF4987

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56237A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →