#56237E#56237E

#56237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.148 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56237E
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 40.70, -41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 58.46, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.087 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.148 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2039, 4.6869, 20.2071)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.51

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56237E #4B7E23

analogous

#28237E #56237E #7E2379

triadic

#56237E #7E5623 #237E56

tetradic

#56237E #7E2823 #4B7E23 #23797E

square

#56237E #7E2823 #4B7E23 #23797E

split-complementary

#56237E #797E23 #237E28

monochromatic

#15081E #35164E #56237E #7730AE #954ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#56237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#56237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56237E

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56237E	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.148 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a62a4',
    500: '#56237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56237e;
$custom-light: #8a62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37854,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56237E

secondary

#78B04C

accent

#E0488B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56237E

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

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