#56238A#56238A

#56238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.161 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56238A
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 43.72, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 64.88, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.0849 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.161 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0251, 5.0154, 24.5324)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56238A #578A23

analogous

#23238A #56238A #8A238A

triadic

#56238A #8A5623 #238A56

tetradic

#56238A #8A2323 #578A23 #238A8A

square

#56238A #8A2323 #578A23 #238A8A

split-complementary

#56238A #8A8A23 #238A23

monochromatic

#190A28 #381759 #56238A #742FBB #9354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#56238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#56238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56238A

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56238A	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.161 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63ad',
    500: '#56238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56238a;
$custom-light: #8b63ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.709,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38833,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56238A

secondary

#85B751

accent

#E34595

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56238A

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

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