#56238F#56238F

#56238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.166 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56238F
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 45.00, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 67.54, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.26% 0.0838 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(39.26% 0.166 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3955, 5.1636, 26.4829)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56238F #5C8F23

analogous

#23268F #56238F #8C238F

triadic

#56238F #8F5623 #238F56

tetradic

#56238F #8F2326 #5C8F23 #238F8C

square

#56238F #8F2326 #5C8F23 #238F8C

split-complementary

#56238F #8F8C23 #268F23

monochromatic

#1B0B2D #38175E #56238F #742FC0 #9357D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#56238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#56238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56238F

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56238F	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.166 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b63b1',
    500: '#56238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56238f;
$custom-light: #8b63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.333,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39257,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56238F

secondary

#8ABA54

accent

#E44498

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #56238F

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

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