#56237C#56237C

#56237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.145 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56237C
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.67, 40.20, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.67, 57.39, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0873 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.145 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0761, 4.6358, 19.5342)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56237C #497C23

analogous

#29237C #56237C #7C2375

triadic

#56237C #7C5623 #237C56

tetradic

#56237C #7C2923 #497C23 #23757C

square

#56237C #7C2923 #497C23 #23757C

split-complementary

#56237C #757C23 #237C29

monochromatic

#14081D #35164C #56237C #7730AC #964DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#56237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#56237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56237C

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56237C	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.145 306.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37697,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56237C

secondary

#76AF4C

accent

#DF4989

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56237C

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

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