#56238B#56238B

#56238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.162 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56238B
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 43.97, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 65.42, 312.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.0847 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.162 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0979, 5.0445, 24.9155)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56238B #588B23

analogous

#23248B #56238B #8A238B

triadic

#56238B #8B5623 #238B56

tetradic

#56238B #8B2324 #588B23 #238B8A

square

#56238B #8B2324 #588B23 #238B8A

split-complementary

#56238B #8B8A23 #248B23

monochromatic

#1A0A29 #38175A #56238B #742FBC #9354D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#56238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#56238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56238B

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56238B	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.162 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63ae',
    500: '#56238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56238b;
$custom-light: #8b63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38917,
    "c": 0.162,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56238B

secondary

#86B852

accent

#E34595

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56238B

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

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