#56237D#56237D

#56237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.146 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56237D
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 40.45, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 57.92, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0872 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.146 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1397, 4.6613, 19.8690)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56237D #4A7D23

analogous

#29237D #56237D #7D2377

triadic

#56237D #7D5623 #237D56

tetradic

#56237D #7D2923 #4A7D23 #23777D

square

#56237D #7D2923 #4A7D23 #23777D

split-complementary

#56237D #777D23 #237D29

monochromatic

#14081D #35164D #56237D #7730AD #964DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#56237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#56237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56237D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56237D	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.146 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8962a3',
    500: '#56237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56237d;
$custom-light: #8962a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37776,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56237D

secondary

#77AF4C

accent

#E0488A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56237D

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

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