#56238D#56238D

#56238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.164 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56238D
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 44.48, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 66.48, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.0842 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.164 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2453, 5.1035, 25.6921)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56238D #5A8D23

analogous

#23258D #56238D #8B238D

triadic

#56238D #8D5623 #238D56

tetradic

#56238D #8D2325 #5A8D23 #238D8B

square

#56238D #8D2325 #5A8D23 #238D8B

split-complementary

#56238D #8D8B23 #258D23

monochromatic

#1A0B2B #38175C #56238D #742FBE #9355D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#56238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#56238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56238D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56238D	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.164 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63af',
    500: '#56238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56238d;
$custom-light: #8b63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.868,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39086,
    "c": 0.16422,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56238D

secondary

#88B953

accent

#E34497

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56238D

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

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