#56238C#56238C

#56238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.163 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56238C
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, 44.23, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 65.95, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0844 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.163 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1713, 5.0739, 25.3020)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56238C #598C23

analogous

#23258C #56238C #8B238C

triadic

#56238C #8C5623 #238C56

tetradic

#56238C #8C2325 #598C23 #238C8B

square

#56238C #8C2325 #598C23 #238C8B

split-complementary

#56238C #8C8B23 #258C23

monochromatic

#1A0B2A #38175B #56238C #742FBD #9355D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#56238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#56238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56238C

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56238C	1.00	10.42	2.01	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.163 301.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39002,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56238C

secondary

#87B852

accent

#E34596

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56238C

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

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