#56237B#56237B

#56237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.144 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56237B
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 39.95, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 56.85, 314.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.0875 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.144 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0132, 4.6107, 19.2029)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56237B #487B23

analogous

#2A237B #56237B #7B2374

triadic

#56237B #7B5623 #237B56

tetradic

#56237B #7B2A23 #487B23 #23747B

square

#56237B #7B2A23 #487B23 #23747B

split-complementary

#56237B #747B23 #237B2A

monochromatic

#13081C #35154B #56237B #7731AB #964CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#56237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#56237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56237B

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56237B	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.144 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a2',
    500: '#56237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56237b;
$custom-light: #8962a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37619,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56237B

secondary

#75AE4C

accent

#DF4988

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56237B

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

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