#56238E#56238E

#56238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.165 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56238E
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(269, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 44.74, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 67.01, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.084 -0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.165 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3201, 5.1334, 26.0858)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56238E #5B8E23

analogous

#23268E #56238E #8C238E

triadic

#56238E #8E5623 #238E56

tetradic

#56238E #8E2326 #5B8E23 #238E8C

square

#56238E #8E2326 #5B8E23 #238E8C

split-complementary

#56238E #8E8C23 #268E23

monochromatic

#1B0B2C #38175D #56238E #742FBF #9356D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#56238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#56238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56238E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56238E	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.165 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63b0',
    500: '#56238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56238e;
$custom-light: #8b63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.598,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39172,
    "c": 0.16532,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56238E

secondary

#89B953

accent

#E44498

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56238E

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

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